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pregnancy caused by rape or incest. He added: “Life is sacrosanct and begins at the point of conception.”
The MP said this was not government policy, but his own personal view based on Catholic teachings.
He also said that he was opposed to same sex marriage, adding: “I am a Catholic and I take the teachings of the Catholic Church seriously.
“Marriage is a sacrament and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church not with Parliament.
“Same-sex marriage is something people are doing for themselves. With abortion, it is something that is done to the unborn child. That is different.”
Katherine O’Brien, of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, said Mr Rees-Mogg’s “extreme” views were “wildly at odds” with public opinion.
She added: “Every politician is entitled to their own opinion on abortion.
“But what matters is whether they would let their own personal convictions stand in the way of women’s ability to act on their own.”
Theresa May also let it be known THE drug making money for Jacob Rees-Mogg is also prescribed by the NHS – with this advice on using Invitec, or misoprostol.
“You first take a medicine called mifepristone – this stops the hormone that allows the pregnancy to continue working; you’ll be able to go home afterwards.
“Usually 24 to 48 hours later, you have another appointment where you take a second medicine called misoprostol. This will either be a tablet you may swallow, dissolve under your tongue or between your cheek and gum, or put inside your vagina. Within four to six hours, the lining of the womb breaks down, causing bleeding and loss of the pregnancy – you may have to stay at the clinic while this happens.” she did not agree with the backbencher, while Tory MP Margot James called his views “utterly abhorrent”.
Misoprostol can be prescribed to prevent stomach ulcers, or induce labour in pregnant women by causing contractions.
But when used with another drug, mifepristone, it ends pregnancy in NHS medical abortions to avoid surgical procedures.
Misoprostol is often used alone to bring about an abortion, particularly in countries where termination is illegal.
World Health Organisation guidelines recommend its use for pregnancies up to 12 weeks – when it is effective in nine out of ten cases.
The bookies had made Mr ReesMogg second favourite – behind David Davis – to succeed Theresa May as next Tory leader.
But after his abortion and gay marriage comments his odds drifted from 5/1 to 7/1.