Government proposals to “hard-wire” abortion and contraceptive services into overseas development programmes have been criticised by the English and Welsh bishops.
Church leaders issued a statement the day before the closure of the public consultation phase closed for Choice for Women: Wanted Pregnancies, Safe Births.
The proposals by the Department for International Development (DFID) seek to further development by giving women across the developing world “unprecedented” access to “safe” abortion and modern methods of contraception.
