Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has recanted of his previous anti-abortion views and declared himself “pro-choice” after being confronted over remarks he made 10 years ago.
The Lib Dem leader said in a 2007 interview with Salvation Army publication War Cry that “abortion is wrong”, adding: “Society has to climb down from the position that says there is nothing objectionable about abortion before a certain time. If abortion is wrong, it is wrong at any time.”
He went on to argue, however, that abortion should not be “abolished tomorrow”.
