The UK Government must respond to a court ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws are in breach of human rights laws, the Women and Equalities Committee has said. The Commons
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The Scottish Government’s decision to allow women to take abortion pills at home is fundamentally flawed because it is not consistent with legislation, a lawyer representing an anti-abortion group has
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The European Court of Human Rights is to raise abortion for women from Northern Ireland with the UK Government, lawyers said. A termination is only permitted in Northern Ireland if
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The UK Government cannot make changes to Northern Ireland’s abortion laws, a parliamentary committee has heard. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley said she did not have the
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Two stars of Channel 4’s Derry Girls have demanded the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland as they delivered a 60,000-strong petition to Secretary of State Karen Bradley. Nicola Coughlan,
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Stars of hit TV show Derry Girls are heading to Westminster to demand changes to Northern Ireland’s abortion laws. Nicola Coughlan, who plays Clare Devlin in the popular Channel 4
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Northern Ireland’s chief law officer has questioned whether a Belfast woman who travelled to England for an abortion is eligible to challenge the region’s restrictive laws on terminations. Sarah Ewart,
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A court in Belfast has heard of one woman’s traumatic experience of seeking an abortion after receiving a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality. Sarah Ewart, 28, who was refused a
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The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee visited Northern Ireland on Thursday to speak to campaigners on both sides of the abortion debate. The hearings, which took place in
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The Isle of Man has become the first part of the British Isles to decriminalise abortion – to the “widespread relief and excitement” of locals. The Abortion Reform Bill received
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