The frontrunner in the leadership contest for Britain’s Labour Party has been criticised by the media and her fellow Labour MPs for opposing late-term abortions for disabled babies.
Rebecca Long-Bailey, who is Catholic, told her local deanery before December’s General Election that she did not agree with Britain’s current law, which allows unborn babies with disabilities to be aborted up to full term. Other abortions can happen up to 24 weeks.
The Daily Telegraph quoted an unnamed “prominent backbencher” who described her views as “absolutely toxic”, while rival candidate Jess Phillips appeared to criticise her position by stating: “I always have and always will trust women to make the decisions about their bodies”.
