“In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity.”

— Edward Leigh

On Abortion; quoted in "MPs back 24-week abortion limit," http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7409696.stm BBC News 20 May 2008

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