She has also been the chief executive of the Nurture Group Network, which supports work with vulnerable children.

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Labour MP John McDonnell, parliamentary convenor of the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, who also chairs the Right to Work campaign pointed out that the Unite trade union supports the Right to Work campaign financially and otherwise so rather than there being a divide between the two, there is a "coalition and an alliance".

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Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, an advocacy group that supports birth control, said he is skeptical that relying on insurance companies to implement a "work-around" for employees of religious organizations will prove to be an effective solution.

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