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We know the North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is against abortion, as he has spoken out about it a numerous times.

In a discussion on BBC 5 Live yesterday, October 26, when arguing for a shorter time span for abortions to be carried out, he called abortion after rape a "second wrong".

The Tory MP said: "A great wrong has been created at the point of a rape. The question is - does a second wrong make it any better?

"I’m against abortion. Full stop. I would support reducing the number of weeks... Life either begins at the point of concept or moment of birth to fix a number of weeks is essentially arbitrary."

At the moment abortions can be carried out up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy but the MP would like to see the 24 weeks cut down as far as possible.

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In the interview he said he did not agree with abortion being offered to women beyond the number of weeks that it could survive alone outside of the womb.