This Tory MP doesn’t believe women have the right to bodily autonomy – 16 strong rebuttals
The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion provision to individual states, has seen pregnancy rights rolled back or ended in many parts of the country.
Restrictions on abortion are restrictions on freedom. Every American, regardless of where they live, should have the liberty to make their own decisions about their families and futures.
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) June 28, 2022
A reminder: Forcing someone to carry an unwanted pregnancy, or forcing them to seek out an unsafe abortion, is a violation of their human rights, including the rights to privacy and bodily autonomy.
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) June 27, 2022
Let me get this straight:
The Supreme Court says states cannot decide how to regulate guns—yet only the states can decide how to regulate a woman’s body.
— Rep. Shontel Brown (@RepShontelBrown) June 23, 2022
To put it simply …
Supreme Court my ass
— Danny DeVito (@DannyDeVito) June 24, 2022
Understandably, there are concerns that a similar political move could happen in the UK.
Currently only women in Northern Ireland have protected human right to an abortion in law. I will be tabling amendment to forthcoming UK bill of rights to guarantee this for all UK women. If you want your MP to vote for it – as will be free vote- tell them! #nowforUK
— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) June 28, 2022
The amendment wouldn’t automatically pass through parliament, and the MP for Devises in Wiltshire, Danny Kruger, is one reason why.
Tory MP Danny Kruger says he doesn’t agree that “women have an absolute right to bodily autonomy". pic.twitter.com/rLBQ6mhyAk
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) June 28, 2022
Danny Kruger was among the 61 Conservative MPs who voted against extending access to abortions in Northern Ireland last week. https://t.co/AKa1KocAxz
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) June 28, 2022
His stance brought immediate condemnation, both in the House and online.
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It's coming here. Look how he's doing the same "we just need to debate" strategy https://t.co/vvvOzCRqcg
— Katy Montgomerie 🦗 (@KatyMontgomerie) June 28, 2022
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If my surname was Kruger I might make more of an effort to be less like a villain from a horror movie. https://t.co/wZMhmVpBw9
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) June 28, 2022
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Danny Danny Danny. Get your dark, vicious views the fuck away from my daughter. I'll fight till my last breath to protect her from ghouls like you. https://t.co/Q6L551nfNf
— Shaparak Khorsandi 🌻💙💛 (@ShappiKhorsandi) June 28, 2022
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And this is why we need more than 35% of all MPs to be women @5050Parliament https://t.co/NwMVOtlaLF
— Luisa Porritt (@LuisaPorritt) June 28, 2022
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Impressive that he’s somehow worse than his brother Freddie https://t.co/cp9wF24SdN
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 28, 2022
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To everyone saying: "It would never happen here"; please. Believing we're special makes us blind. Boris Johnson's strategy is straight out of the Trump playbook, and this is the kind of person he is trying to impress. https://t.co/1k6AWbjHPB
— Joanne Harris (@Joannechocolat) June 28, 2022
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These people are so dumb.
A baby grows out of a woman's body. It is LITERALLY part of you – your blood, your food, your oxygen, your flesh. It's not a parasite women merely host.
What a baby has absolutely fuck all to do with, though, is a dickhead who thinks he knows better. https://t.co/HkAcB7gcbW
— fleetstreetfox (@fleetstreetfox) June 28, 2022
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Fun fact about Danny Kruger: he was one of the driving forces behind David Cameron's 'Big Society', which decimated funding to social services, and then accepted £££ of taxpayer funding for his 'crime prevention' charity to do the same work, only more selectively and worse. https://t.co/dYlWWKFzOb
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) June 28, 2022