The right to end a pregnancy is a vital part of the fight for women’s liberation

Tory MP Nadine Dorries is leading the charge to make it harder for women to access abortion.

It’s not the first time that those on the right have tried to restrict a woman’s right to choose. They hate the fact that women have won some rights to control their own bodies.

Some try to undermine abortion rights by arguing that abortion is an “unnatural” product of a “permissive” society. In fact, there is evidence as far back as the 4th century of women ending pregnancies.

Socialists support a woman’s right to choose. The right to control our bodies stops us from simply being slaves to our biology. Women can never be equal with men, let alone win liberation, without the right to control their fertility.

In class societies, the state has always tried to control women’s fertility—with horrendous consequences. Making abortion illegal doesn’t stop them. But it does make them much more dangerous.