Tuesday 28 June 2022 07:00 PM Tory MP Danny Kruger says he doesn't agree that 'women have an absolute right ... trends now

A Tory MP today said today he doesn't agree women have 'an absolute right to bodily autonomy' in a debate over the American abortion ban.

Danny Kruger added that British MPs should not 'lecture' the US over the democratic process, which has sparked mass protests across the nation.

A number of politicians raised concerns over last week's verdict to end constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for nearly 50 years.

The decision to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of US states.

Mr Kruger, who represents the constituency of Devizes in Wiltshire, told the Commons this afternoon he would 'probably disagree' with other MPs about the US Supreme Court decision. 

He said: 'They think that women have an absolute right to bodily autonomy in this matter, whereas I think in the case of abortion that right is qualified by the fact that another body is involved.'

As MPs tried to speak over him, Mr Kruger added: 'I would offer to members who are trying to talk me down that this is a proper topic for political debate and my point to the frontbench is I don't understand why we are lecturing the United States on a judgment to return the power of decision over this political question to the states, to democratic decision-makers, rather than leaving it in the hands of the courts.'