Abortion is usually the most sensitive and personal of issues - but in Northern Ireland, it's possibly the most contentious and complex issue in the public domain. For 52 years, the law on ...

After Saturday's Yes vote, one young woman from Northern Ireland decided to speak up about her experience of having an illegal, self-medicated abortion at home several years ago.

Activists rally in Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 15. In a hearing on November 2, judges will hear the case of a 15-year-old from Northern Ireland who travelled overseas to pay for an abortion ...

BBC drama Three Families highlights the effects of criminalising abortion. But while the law across Northern Ireland has changed, pro-choice services are still lacking ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced women from Northern Ireland seeking abortions in the UK on the NHS will no longer have to pay.

Westminster has pushed Northern Ireland to fall into line with the rest of the UK when it comes to women's reproductive rights and marriage for same-sex couples.

What is the law in Northern Ireland? Abortion, along with same-sex marriage, became legal in Northern Ireland for the first time on October 22, 2019.

Outside of Northern Ireland, abortion in the U.K. has been legal since the passage of the Abortion Act of 1967. Any NHS hospital or licensed clinic can perform the procedure, usually free of charge.

WOMEN from Northern Ireland will be able to get free abortions on the NHS in Scotland after MSPs backed a change in the law.

The Irish Republic's vote to end the ban on abortion has raised questions about whether their northern neighbours are n ext. Will Theresa May, once again, be blown off course by events?

Supreme Court judges have rejected an appeal from a mother and daughter calling for women in Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England. The two women brought the case after ...

After Saturday's Yes vote, one young woman from Northern Ireland decided to speak up about her experience of having an illegal, self-medicated abortion at home several years ago.