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ONE of Britain’s leading anti-abortion groups, whose activity was boosted by US Vice President JD Vance, has an all-male board, most of whom do not live in Britain.
ADF UK was founded in 2015 as a conservative Christian advocacy group, with a strong anti-abortion focus. This relative newcomer has grown in influence, thanks to its growing resources: the latest accounts, covering 2023, show its budget has expanded so it now has £1 million a year to spend.
It is the British arm of the US’s Alliance Defending Freedom, a significant player in the US Republican right. The US Alliance Defending Freedom has a seat on the “advisory board” of “Project 2025,” the coalition of big hitters on the US right who created a radical plan of government cuts and politicisation seen as a blueprint for Trump’s presidency.
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