There is a near-total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland, even in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality. Women face life imprisonment for a health service freely provided on the NHS ...

There is a near-total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland, even in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality. Women face life imprisonment for a health service freely provided on the NHS ...

She also argued for the importance of abortion care being integrated in healthcare systems and supported by the medical establishment. Dr Rooney’s research highlighted that under the Northern Ireland ...

Without a donation of £400 from the Abortion Support ... responsibility to make NHS procedures reasonably available. As it stands, abortions for women in Northern Ireland are illegal unless ...

Last July, MPs at Westminster voted to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland and create new laws. Prior to that vote, abortion was only allowed in very limited circumstances. It fell to the ...

Abortions are legal and free under the NHS in the rest of the UK under the 1967 Abortion Act, but this legislation does not extend to Northern Ireland. Amnesty International have condemned the ...

Medical and legal experts have highlighted the 'unprecedented' surge in women and girls facing 'traumatic and prolonged criminal investigations following pregnancy loss and abortion' in the UK.

The vote will have repercussions for women north of the border, as Northern Ireland has the strictest abortion laws in the UK. Cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality are not considered ...

Last month in the US, the Roe v Wade ruling was overturned by The Supreme Court and in several states abortion is now banned. In Northern Ireland, abortion is still difficult to access three years ...

Their proposals would bring English and Welsh law in line with Northern Ireland where abortion was fully decriminalised in 2020, and also countries including France and Canada. Criminal inquiries ...

(Abortion remained illegal in Northern Ireland until 2019 ... of healthcare issues that impact women more than men. The NHS waiting list for gynaecology is the worst in the service, compared ...