Stars of hit TV show Derry Girls are heading to Westminster to demand changes to Northern Ireland’s abortion laws. Nicola Coughlan, who plays Clare Devlin in the popular Channel 4
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Almost one in five disabled workers have had a job offer withdrawn because of their health condition, a study suggests. Research by the disability charity Leonard Cheshire indicated that most
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Northern Ireland’s chief law officer has questioned whether a Belfast woman who travelled to England for an abortion is eligible to challenge the region’s restrictive laws on terminations. Sarah Ewart,
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A court in Belfast has heard of one woman’s traumatic experience of seeking an abortion after receiving a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality. Sarah Ewart, 28, who was refused a
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A Conservative peer has launched a fresh attempt to legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. An amendment to the Civil Partnerships Bill will be debated in the House of
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Indefinite detention of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants “should put us to shame”, a Labour MP has said. Tulip Siddiq (pictured) told MPs that detaining people indefinitely was a “blight
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Leading judges are being asked to rule that a teenager’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in detention amounted to “inhuman and degrading” treatment. Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Lord Justice Moylan and
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A Northern Ireland schoolgirl whose mother is facing prosecution for buying her abortion pills was taken from a classroom by police officers and spoken to about the alleged crime without
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New opinion polls have found that the majority of people across the UK want to see abortion decriminalised in Northern Ireland. Unlike in the rest of the UK, abortions in
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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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