To whom it may concern,
A politically diverse gathering of deeply concerned constituents who are supposedly represented by Danny Kruger MP came together on Saturday in Devizes and Marlborough. Local women self organised using social media and word of mouth, there has been a flood of concern, support for one another and a wish to demonstrate very clearly how we feel.
We believe people were moved to come together to challenge the statements of a man who is in a role that is meant to represent our views and that Mr Kruger’s ‘intervention in an urgent question’ – as he himself described it – on the catastrophic reversal of Roe V Wade in the US – is a cause for our concern.
He stated clearly in the House of Commons that he disagreed with his peers – who were expressing dismay at this reversal – he then continued that he believes women do not ‘have an absolute right to bodily autonomy’. We can see this has had an incredible impact in our community, and that many people felt they simply could not let this pass.
We believe he has used his platform as an MP inappropriately to extol a niche and regressive ideology, about a private matter between a woman and her healthcare providers, which is not how he should be representing his constituents and shows them little respect. In our view it should concern anyone who cares about their own or others basic human rights.
Many of us have seen his qualifying statement and have indicated we do not believe that he was speaking about maintaining a status quo in the UK, he voted last week against an amendment to allow the Government to extend abortion access in Northern Ireland, and expressed opposition to buffer zones around UK providers to protect women attending from the unwanted abuse of protesters. Given this it is difficult to accept that his statement addresses the concerns outlined above, nor does it adequately address his comments on Roe vs Wade.
Yours,
Wendy Allen
Susan Bastone
Gaile Bishop
Becky Borthwick
Jemma Brown
Claudia Bufton
Milly Carmichael
Emma Clack
Kymee Cleasby
Angelina Davey
Jenny Davies
Lynn Davies
Jan Emm
Gillian Farkas-Blake
Gail Foster
Elaine Gale
Nicky Gentle
Ann Graham
Sarah Hailstone
Tina Harrigan-James
Sarah Hailstone
Charlotte Howard
Jane Hubbard
Caron Hunter
Kate Hunter
Cleo Jerram
Caroline Kaneen
Vivienne Kevan
Vikki Kirkwood
Dot Kronda
Gillian Leake
Nancy Liddiard
Amy McGuinness
Rachel Merritt
Becky Millar
Helen Minter
Laura Naylor
Claire Padfield
Karyn Perlejewski-Shah
Scout Robinson
Alice Simmons
Imogen Snook-Brown
Wendy Tozer
Rebecca Williams
Nicky Wragg
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