( Right to Life UK ) — A Peer has called on the Government to target developing countries with more spending on abortion to help reduce the numbers of people being born in these countries.
Following a Government statement about the climate change summit, COP27, Baroness Rosel Marie Boycott has voiced her concerns about population growth claiming that it is one of the “great drivers of carbon emissions”. The Baroness referenced the recent Government decision to cut the UK’s foreign aid budget, which meant, among other things, a reduction in the amount of taxpayers money spent on abortions overseas.
In 2021, the Government initially pledged £154 million ($211 million) to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that oversees a range of operations, including abortion provision. The Government has since reduced this pledge to £23m ($32 million) for the upcoming financial year.
The Baroness lamented this loss of aid which, she […]
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