The Government is facing calls to create protest-free “safe zones” outside all abortion clinics after the Court of Appeal rejected a challenge against the first in the UK. Three leading
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A woman who has campaigned for six years to liberalise Northern Ireland’s abortion laws broke down in tears as the House of Commons supported legislation repealing a law criminalising terminations
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A liberalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland has been overwhelmingly backed by peers. The House of Lords supported the controversial move in a free vote by 182 to 37, majority
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Campaigners involved in a “peaceful and lawful vigil” have told Court of Appeal judges that a 100-metre “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic infringes their right to protest. Ealing Council
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More than 10,000 signatures have been collected in 48 hours against the liberalisation of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws, it has been claimed. The signatures were included in a letter to
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A judge who gave specialists permission to perform an abortion on a pregnant woman with learning disabilities did not pay enough heed to her feelings, appeal judges have said. Mrs
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MPs have voted to force the Government to liberalise access to abortion and allow same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland if devolution is not restored. Gay marriage is illegal in Northern
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Abortion and equal marriage in Northern Ireland are “out of scope” of new legislation, an MP has said, amid calls for a focus on “rights, not policy”. Tory MP Fiona
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The Government has been accused of trying to “stifle the debate on issues like abortion and equal marriage” in Northern Ireland. Labour MP Connor McGinn (St Helens North) raised concerns
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Parliament will step in to change Northern Ireland’s strict law on abortion if a court rules it is incompatible with individual human rights, Women and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt has
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