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She told the BBC she hoped MPs would be reassured by the bill's safeguards, adding: "What I would say to colleagues is, if you vote against the bill, or even if you abstain, you’re saying that the status quo is OK and it's not OK."

The company’s decision to abstain has repercussions far beyond Texas; the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain has said it delivers more babies than any other health care provider in America, and 70% of its hospitals are in states where abortion is restricted.

And while the presidential fever broke the farther west I traveled, of the more than 200 people I spoke with, not one of them said they were going to abstain from voting.

Speaking to Michael Gove for a new Radio 4 podcast, Baroness Foster explained why she had chosen to abstain on the vote.

In September, he offered money to convince “as many people as possible” to vote No or to abstain in the EU referendum.