Abortion reforms in Northern Ireland risk being slowly unpicked by UK ministers, the Commons has heard. Northern Ireland minister Robin Walker confirmed Westminster is legally required to allow access to
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A woman with learning disabilities who was at the centre of an abortion battle has given birth, lawyers have said. The woman’s mother, a Catholic former midwife, had earlier this
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A woman with learning disabilities, who was at the centre of an abortion battle, should be fitted with a contraceptive device, a judge in a specialist court has decided. The
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Doctors will be asked to use expert discretion to determine when an unborn child can survive outside the womb after abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland. Medics have been urged
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Charities and medical bodies have called on the Home Secretary to bring in buffer zones outside abortion clinics. British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), writing on behalf of a score of
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The Government has published guidelines for medical professionals in Northern Ireland ahead of the looming decriminalisation of abortion. Legislation passed by Westminster MPs in the summer will see a change
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Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law breaches the UK’s human rights commitments, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Sarah Ewart (pictured), 29, hailed a “massive victory” following a six-year legal
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A pregnant MP has asked the police for protection after an anti-abortion group launched a campaign against her. Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy, who supported efforts to bring about a change
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Doctors plan to fit a mentally-disabled woman who was at the centre of an abortion battle with a contraceptive device, a judge has been told. The woman’s mother won a
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The Government has confirmed it will have a “duty” to legislate on same-sex marriage and abortion reform in Northern Ireland if an executive is not formed by next month. Northern
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