Anti-abortionists step up backlash
The Guardian has reported that the UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary group on religious freedoms, in a role that grants it direct access to MPs. Ahead of several amendments on abortion coming soon to the Criminal Justice Bill, several anti-abortion campaign groups have increased propaganda campaigns and coordinated mass letter-writing campaigns targeting MPs. The ADF is a major player on the US Christian right which drove the repeal of Roe v Wade and funds attacks on LGBT+...