Pro-choice campaigners have said the implementation of full abortion services in Northern Ireland is “long overdue”. But anti-abortion activists described it as a “black day” after Westminster intervened to order
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The DUP has said that a Westminster direction that Stormont must set up full abortion services in Northern Ireland has “undermined” devolution. But Sinn Fein, the Alliance Party and Green
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Changes to the health care system that allow women to terminate pregnancies without visiting a hospital should be made permanent following the coronavirus pandemic, campaigners have insisted. Engender, which campaigns
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A legal challenge against the Secretary of State and Stormont over the failure to commission and fund abortion services in Northern Ireland will start later. The Northern Ireland Human Rights
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A legislative bid to amend Northern Ireland’s recently liberalised abortion laws is to be launched at Stormont. The private member’s bill is seeking to repeal a specific provision within the
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A leading abortion provider has changed its name to distance itself from Marie Stopes, deeming her views on eugenics in “stark contrast” to the charity’s values. Marie Stopes International will
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An emergency relaxation of abortion rules to allow women to take pills at home during the coronavirus pandemic could be made permanent, according to the Government. Home Office minister Victoria
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The coronavirus pandemic represents God’s judgment after an “immoral and corrupt” Government legalised abortion in Northern Ireland, a DUP councillor has said. John Carson represents Ballymena, Co Antrim, which was
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A woman with Down’s syndrome plans to mount a legal challenge to legislation that allows for abortions up to birth for babies with the condition. Heidi Crowter, 24, from Coventry,
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Restricting abortion access to “arbitrary” points before 24 weeks in Northern Ireland will only create barriers for women, healthcare workers said. Nobody must be excluded from reforms legalising the procedure,
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