Abortion Rights comment on appointment of Therese Coffey as Health Secretary

Kerry Abel, Chair of Abortion Rights commented

‘Decisions that affect healthcare needs must be based on evidence and not ideology, so we are concerned that the new Minister has a voting record that has blocked abortion reform and ignored calls to reduce socio-economic barriers to abortion.

‘We will be watching future decisions carefully and continue to campaign for safe, legal, free and accessible abortion free from postcode lotteries or other unfair barriers.’

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