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Historians say white lawmakers in the post-war South sought to enshrine their ability to keep Black men from voting by barring federal forces from bolstering the local militias that protected them.

Similarly, Earle-Sears staunchly opposes abortion, having written similar notes voicing moral opposition on two reproductive rights bills passed in 2024 and Virginia’s recently passed constitutional amendment enshrining reproductive freedom.

Fortunately, we are blessed in this country with freedom of conscience and freedom of religion legislation, enshrined in the Equality Act of 2010 which allows religion or belief as a protected characteristic.

Stella Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow, wants to go further, enshrining abortion access as a human right and offering "protection to all those involved in ensuring that women can access safe and legal abortions".

Stella Creasy has put forward a rival amendment which would enshrine abortion access as a human right and also aims to prevent women who have terminated their own pregnancies from being investigated.