Danny Kruger continued by saying that British lawmakers shouldn’t “teach” the US about the democratic process, as this has provoked widespread demonstrations across the country.
A number of MPs voiced their concerns with the decision made last week to eliminate the long-standing constitutional protections for abortion.
The decision to reverse the important Roe v. Wade judgment is anticipated to result in abortion restrictions in around half of the US states.
Mr. Kruger, who represents the Wiltshire district of Devizes, said this afternoon in the Commons that he would “probably disagree” with other MPs on the ruling by the US Supreme Court.
They believe that women have an unalienable right to bodily autonomy in this situation, but in my opinion, the right to an abortion is constrained by the involvement of another body.
I would offer to members who are trying to talk me down that this is a proper topic for political debate, and my point to the frontbench is that I don’t understand why we are lecturing the United States on a judgment to return the power of decision over this political question to the states, to democratic decision-makers, rather than leaving it in the hands of the courts, Mr. Kruger said as MPs attempted to speak over him.
The House was also informed that the judgment will allow far-right American organizations working to undermine UK abortion regulations “renewed energy.”
Can the minister clarify that the Government would continue to support and fund reproductive healthcare programs, including access to terminations worldwide, in light of this decision? demanded former Labour minister and current Foreign Office minister Dame Diana Johnson.
“This decision will give far-right American organisations additional motivation for their activities, as they are already planning to bring back the 1967 Abortion Act in this nation.”
Will the Government reconsider implementing buffer zones to safeguard women visiting abortion clinics, as suggested by (Rupa Huq, Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton)?
“And finally, would the Government reaffirm its commitment to women’s rights to access reproductive healthcare, including abortion? If the Government intends to amend the UK’s human rights laws, will it fully defend women’s rights to bodily autonomy?”
In response, Ms. Milling stated: “As the Prime Minister felt – and I share the view – that this is a major step backwards.
The UK is proud to defend and promote universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights, which are essential to releasing the potential agency and freedom of women and girls.
This is in relation to our position on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortion.
We will keep pushing for the UN and other international fora to use bold, encouraging language.
The Foreign Office was under pressure from Dame Diana to lobby the US government on behalf of women’s access to reproductive healthcare through an urgent question.
As for lecturing the United States about this, former Conservative minister Jackie Doyle-Price said in the Commons: “Can I just say to the minister that we are in no stronger position to do the same thing ourselves.”
Rather than being defined by these insane moral extremes, is it not time we led by example and revisited our abortion laws, which are now more than 50 years old, and based them around a safe framework for terminating pregnancy in the interests of women?
After a tumultuous livechat with Woody Allen was interrupted by a bad internet connection, Alec Baldwin shouted about how annoying barking dogs were.
The Hollywood actor, 64, jumped up from his couch to chastise an unidentified employee named Leonetta during the interview on Tuesday, in which he failed to bring up the tragic Rust shooting.
15 minutes into the conversation, Allen, 86, experienced a connection freeze. Baldwin yelled, “Leonetta! Leonetta!” as he jumped off the couch at his East Hampton residence a short while later. Basta! Perritas, la! Basta! Las perritas, enough!
In English, that reads, “Leonetta! Enough! the canines Enough. the canines I’ve had enough!
Baldwin and Allen, who have both been embroiled in numerous controversies, planned the get-together to talk about Allen’s most recent collection of essays, Zero Gravity.
Although Baldwin disabled live comments for the Instagram event, numerous Wi-Fi outages at Allen’s Upper East Side mansion caused it to degenerate into a farcical comedy.
A woman who was with Allen was FaceTimed by the infamously short-tempered Baldwin during the second of three outages.
“Are they in the space with the best Wi-Fi?” He barbecued. “This is their second shutdown,” I said.
They must stay in the room with the finest Wi-Fi in the entire home. What’s going on there, exactly? Baldwin went on.
Seconds later, Allen returned to the screen with a female assistant and stated, “We just opened a door, it might make a difference.” This caused more unintended humor to break out.
Baldwin and Allen spoke at length about their illustrious careers, with the It’s Complicated actor Baldwin making it plain how much he admires Allen’s work.
He claimed that taking a break from the chaos of having six small children with his second wife Hilaria, 38, who is currently expecting their seventh child, by viewing an Allen movie provided a “escape.”
In addition, Allen said of the movie industry, “A lot of the thrill is gone,” that he’s thinking of quitting.
“It’s not as fun as it was…” After talking about the details of a future filming location in Paris, he declared, “I’m going to make another one and I’ll see how it feels.”
But what he chose to remain silent about was what got people talking online. Baldwin boasted that despite working during the pandemic, he had never contracted COVID toward the end of the conversation.
I heard they’re going to conduct testing and research on folks who didn’t receive COVID, the man replied.
“I had to work, so I was out all the time.” I went to shoot a Peacock TV series, but I soon discovered that I always wore a mask whenever I entered a room with people, which is likely why I was denied COVID.
Baldwin seems to be making reference to his performance in the Dr Death medical thriller. However, he omitted to disclose the notorious murder that took place in October 2021 on the Rust set.