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Liz Truss: 7 things to know about the UK's new Prime Minister

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Twitter

Abortion

Executive Director of Alternatives Pregnancy Center Janet Lyons points to a plastic replica of a fetus at 12 weeks which is used to show women who come into the center to find out if they are pregnant and what the stage of growth looks like, in Waterloo, Iowa, July 6, 2011.
Executive Director of Alternatives Pregnancy Center Janet Lyons points to a plastic replica of a fetus at 12 weeks which is used to show women who come into the center to find out if they are pregnant and what the stage of growth looks like, in Waterloo, Iowa, July 6, 2011. | REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

Regarding the issue of abortion, Truss voted in favor of liberalizing the abortion laws in Northern Ireland, which previously had greater restrictions than England or Wales.

“We are a United Kingdom, and we need all of our laws to apply right across the United Kingdom. That is what being a union is,” she said regarding the vote, as reported by Christian Concern.

However, she abstained from votes to create “censorship zones” around abortion clinics to curb pro-life demonstrations and an amendment to permanently allow “DIY abortions” in England in which women are sent home to terminate a pregnancy and dispose of the remains without medical supervision or care. 

Additionally, she abstained from proposed legislation that would ban sex-selective abortions.

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