Stella Creasy warns UK is seeing weaponisation of abortion like US and whoever disagrees must ‘wake up’
Stella Creasy warns UK is seeing weaponisation of abortion like US and whoever disagrees must ‘wake up’
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Labour MP speaks amid fears UK could become new battleground for abortion rights, with campaigners pushing for decriminalisation this year but anti-abortionists hitting back from other side. The UK is seeing the “weaponisation of abortion” after anti-abortionists learned from effective tactics in the US over the past decade, a senior Labour backbencher has warned.
![[The Walthamstow MP’s intervention came after a screening of Zurawski v Texas – a film about a group of women denied abortions in Texas who band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state government – which was jointly put on by British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and Amnesty International UK during Trump’s first week in office]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/12/IMG_0906.jpg)
Stella Creasey warned she has personally seen the agenda of American anti-abortion groups now being pushed in parliament, citing the example of longtime Donald Trump ally Nigel Farage calling for parliament to debate imposing stricter limits on abortion last year.
![[Longtime Donald Trump ally Nigel Farage called for parliament to debate imposing stricter limits on abortion last year]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/07/19/GettyImages-594880140.jpg)
But amid fears the UK could become the new battleground for abortion rights, Ms Creasy issued the rallying cry: “We can and we will win.”. The Walthamstow MP’s intervention came after a screening of Zurawski v Texas – a film about a group of women denied abortions in Texas who band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state government – which was jointly put on by British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and Amnesty International UK during Trump’s first week in office.
![[There are fears the UK could become the new battleground for abortion rights]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/06/05/Election_2024_Abortion_32531.jpg)
The US president has wasted no time in carrying out his anti-abortion agenda after bragging about “killing” Roe v Wade in his election campaign. He signed a pair of executive orders reviving two anti-abortion policies from his first term – despite his pledges that abortion should be left to the state’s discretion.
Ms Creasy told the crowd in London last Monday: “We should take extreme caution of what is happening in America, in Europe... I know firsthand that the tactics we’ve seen in the US are being used in parliament. Anyone who thinks you’re living safe in a comfortable community where this could never happen needs to wake up.
