Campaigners have urged MPs to put pressure on Westminster to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland. Abortions are illegal in Northern Ireland in all but exceptional medical and mental health circumstances,
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A fresh legal challenge against Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws has been mounted. Sarah Ewart (pictured) is applying for a judicial review, seeking a declaration of incompatibility with human rights
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Theresa May has defended her “hostile environment” immigration policies which led to people from the so-called Windrush generation to lose their jobs, welfare benefits and right to remain in the
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Three Conservative MPs who back abortion reform in Northern Ireland will be in Belfast later to hear experiences of women impacted by the region’s restrictive laws. During a day of
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A woman accused of obtaining abortion pills for her teenage daughter is in “fear and pain” over her pending prosecution. On Thursday the High Court in Belfast is set to
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A new Westminster inquiry is to examine whether the Government has a responsibility to reform abortion laws in Northern Ireland. The Women and Equalities Committee will also assess whether the
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The High Court in Belfast is set to hear a legal challenge to a decision to prosecute a woman who obtained abortion pills for her teenage daughter. Unlike other parts
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Former politician and broadcaster Trevor Phillips has said he was “complicit” in workplace harassment of young women. The former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who has worked
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A transgender man whose baby is at the centre of an historic human rights battle cannot yet get child benefit, a High Court judge has been told. The baby could
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More support should be offered to those who represent themselves in court to ensure they get a fair trial, researchers have suggested. Ulster University academics have examined the barriers people
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