It became public knowledge in September 2013 that Dorries had signed a three-book deal for a six-figure advance; [138] [139] her first book was published the following April. [140] Dorries says she witnessed "botched" abortions on two occasions, [13] [150] an experience that influenced her campaign to lower the point during a pregnancy at which an abortion can be performed. [151] Leigh, Suzanne (26 August 2023). "Tory MP Nadine Dorries quits Commons seat". BBC News . Retrieved 26 August 2023. Dorries married mining engineer Paul Dorries in 1984 with whom she had three daughters before separating in 2007 and subsequently divorcing. [202] [203]

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Asthana, Anushka; Hinsliff, Gaby (1 July 2006). "Special needs education condemned". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022 . Retrieved 2 June 2022. a b Anthony, Andrew (31 October 2021). " 'She often speaks without thinking': Nadine Dorries, our new minister for culture wars". The Guardian]. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021 . Retrieved 31 October 2021. Dorries delays resignation to pursue peerage answers". BBC News. 14 June 2023 . Retrieved 14 June 2023. Dorries's amendment was defeated by 332 votes to 190, with a separate 22-week limit opposed by 304 votes to 233. A majority of MPs continued to support the 24-week limit. [161] She said of her tactics on this issue in 2007: "If I were to argue that all abortions should be banned, the ethical discussions would go round in circles ... My view is that the only way forward is to argue for a reduction in the time limit ... it's every baby's right to have a life." [162] Mulholland, Hélène (8 November 2012). "Nadine Dorries TV appearance rouses parliamentary watchdog". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016.Conservative chairman calls for apology from Boris Johnson over burka remarks". BT News. 7 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018 . Retrieved 8 August 2018. On 21 October 2010, the MP's standards watchdog criticised Dorries for maintaining a blog which would "mislead constituents" as to how much actual time she was spending in her constituency. Dorries announced: "my blog is 70% fiction and 30% fact! It is written as a tool to enable my constituents to know me better and to reassure them of my commitment to Mid Bedfordshire. I rely heavily on poetic licence and frequently replace one place name/event/fact with another." [60] Referring to her main home being in Gloucestershire, [61] she said: "I have always been aware that should my personal domestic arrangements become the knowledge of my political opponents, they would be able to exaggerate that to good effect." [60] The Mole (8 May 2013). "Tories forced to re-embrace 'Mad Nad' Dorries after UKIP threat". The Week. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. What goes on in here would have no structure whatsover, no sense of achievement if it wasn't for people like Andrea on the outside. You know, the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship, the Medical Christian Fellowship on this particular issue are absolutely vital because they give us the information. [160]

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Wyatt, Daisy (13 September 2013). "Nadine Dorries wins six figure book deal". Independent. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 9 February 2022. Dorries was signed up as an author in 2013 in a six-figure deal, shortly before she was forced to apologise to MPs for failing to declare her fee for appearing on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! She has since written the Four Streets series, set in a “tight-knit Irish Catholic community” in 1950s Liverpool where the villain is an abusive Catholic priest; the Lovely Lane series, in which “five very different girls are arriving at the nurses’ home in Lovely Lane, Liverpool, to start their training” in 1950s Liverpool; and the Tarabeg series, which moves between a small village on the west coast of Ireland, and Liverpool. James MacIntyre (7 January 2010). "Speaker cornered". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010 . Retrieved 1 February 2010. The books Dorries is writing – which Wallace didn’t go so far as to claim he’d read – fall squarely into the saga market, which is known, rather dismissively, as the “clogs and shawls” genre, and which feature misery, poverty and abuse followed by a happy ending, set at some point in the past. Her novels neither transcend nor are notably worse than others in this booming area.