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The Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland, is strongly anti-abortion, and maintains that abortion should only be permitted in exceptional circumstances (e.g. where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother) subject to the most stringent safeguards. The Church has affirmed ...
The Attorney General for Northern Ireland referred it to the Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled that the legislation was compatible with the European Court of Human Rights - it declared that "The right of women in Northern Ireland to access abortion services has now been established in law through the processes of democracy" - and that this ...
The group said four years after the decriminalisation of abortion, barriers to accessing an abortion remain. Abortion access in Northern Ireland ‘a right but not a reality’ – Amnesty Skip to ...
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Northern Ireland Bill did not infringe on the free expression of opponents of abortion.
In Belfast, a rally took place advocating for the liberalisation of abortion laws in Northern Ireland, [135] where there were calls for the UK government to step in. [136] UK intervention to liberalise abortion laws in Northern Ireland is opposed by the Democratic Unionist Party, then largest party in Northern Ireland and which supported the ...
“This is a legal issue distinct from any contentious policy question as to the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland. “If Clause 5(2)(a) is determined by the court to be within ...
The region’s abortion laws were liberalised in 2019 but full services have not been commissioned due to disagreements between the Executive parties. NI parties divided over Westminster direction ...
Abortion in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Abortion in Ireland .