Repealing a 150-year-old law that criminalises abortion could eliminate certain safeguards and allow “abortion on demand throughout pregnancy”, MPs have heard. Tory and DUP MPs stood to oppose the proposal
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Karen Bradley has said she personally backs abortion reform – but the Northern Ireland Assembly must be restored to consider the issue to avoid disenfranchising 1.8 million people. The Northern
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Sinn Fein has accused the DUP of being out of step with public opinion on abortion, as it expressed doubt some of its voters were defecting to the unionist party
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Prime Minister Theresa May has held discussions on Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws with Tory MPs pressing for change. With the Commons set to hold an emergency debate on the
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Health officials are trying to trace 140 patients who have not yet responded to a major recall alert linked to concerns about the work of a consultant neurologist. Earlier this
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Pro-choice campaigners have taken abortion pills outside Northern Ireland’s main court buildings in defiance of the strict laws governing terminations. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where
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The UK’s highest court rules next week on a challenge over the legality of Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law. Seven Supreme Court justices in London will announce their decision on
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Hundreds of pro-choice activists have vowed to hit Northern Ireland like a “seismic wave” as they stepped up their bid for change with a Belfast rally. A campaign of civil
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Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has opened up about his struggle with depression. The 41-year-old musician revealed that he could be performing to packed arenas yet be crying on the
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Ireland’s historic abortion referendum looks to have delivered a landslide win for those advocating liberalisation, after two major exit polls recorded huge victory margins. One poll by national broadcaster RTE
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