The UK Government plan to force an abortion programme into non-Western nations, it was reported in May.
In her previous role as International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt announced that a £42million grant will be given to Marie Stopes and Planned Parenthood. The programme will be part of the government’s global sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) strategy, which claims to protect women and offer ‘safe’ abortions. Mordaunt voted against a ban on sex-selective abortion in 2015.
Breathtaking irony
John Deighan of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) said: ‘The irony of Penny Mordaunt’s euphemisms about helping women is breathtaking.’ SPUC estimates that around 160 million girls have been killed via sex-selective abortion.
