Theresa May faced calls to act urgently to give MPs the opportunity to liberalise Northern Ireland’s abortion laws. The Prime Minister has been reluctant to intervene in the row because
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The Government faces renewed calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics after a High Court judge upheld a ban on protests outside a London facility. Ealing Council was the first
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Women in Wales are to be allowed to take the second abortion pill at home. Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said the move will increase choice for women and reduce the
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Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said those supporting the ongoing ban on abortion in Northern Ireland need “a reality check”. On a visit to London for a meeting
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Pro-choice activists have accused the Northern Ireland Secretary of making inaccurate and disingenuous claims about Westminster’s ability to legislate for abortion reform in Northern Ireland. Amnesty International criticised Karen Bradley’s
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Westminster politicians are not qualified to change abortion laws for Northern Ireland, the region’s Secretary of State has said. Karen Bradley insisted that people in Northern Ireland do not want
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Campaigners are due to begin a High Court challenge against a council’s ban on demonstrations outside an abortion clinic. Ealing Council was the first in the country to create a
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Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws are incompatible with human rights legislation and need “radical reconsideration”, the UK’s highest court has urged. A majority of a seven-strong panel of Supreme Court
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The UK’s highest court is set to rule on a challenge over the legality of Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law. Seven Supreme Court justices in London will announce their decision
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A high-profile Democratic Unionist and former Stormont health minister has compared the abortion regime in Great Britain to the Holocaust. Jim Wells (pictured0 claimed the numbers murdered by the Nazis
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