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The US Christian conservative movement is in ecstasy over the blow to abortion rights and is excitedly setting its targets on gays, the unmarried and education — are Britain's own rightwingers building links? SOLOMON HUGHES investigates

FROM Britain, the US Supreme Court decision to let states ban abortion looks shocking. The US jumped back nearly 50 years when it overturned the 1973 Roe V Wade decision, with Republican-led states already banning abortions.

The ban comes from the US Republicans’ hard-right turn, towards a mix of “culture war” social reaction and free-market fundamentalism.

British Tories have also amped up their “socially conservative” themes in recent years, to make up for the obvious failures of free-market politics.

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