Tag: Northern Ireland

By the Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues Last week The Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament held its final session examining Northern Ireland’s abortion law. Currently there is no functioning government in Northern Ireland due to lack of a power sharing agreement between the two major political parties; a UK appointed Secretary of …

Editor’s note. This comes from the Irish pro-life organization, Family and Life. It is based on stories from the Times of London. Sinn Féin is a political party. The Irish government is trying to find a way to offer free abortions to women from Northern Ireland. Sources close to Simon Harris said the health minister …

Buying abortion pills online is illegal throughout the UK By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children In the next stage of the assault on Northern Ireland’s pro-life laws, a woman who illegally purchased abortion pills online is challenging the decision to prosecute her in court. The woman, who cannot be named, is accused …

Allow abortion pills to taken at home by women who flew over to England? By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children After the blow to pro-abortion MP Stella Creasy–that the government of Northern Ireland won’t introduce buffer zones to outlaw pro-life witnesses at abortion clinics — she has immediately turned her fire on the …

By Philippa Taylor, Head of Public Policy, Christian Medical Fellowship [CMF] At their annual meeting in June the BMA [British Medical Association] planned an emergency debate to consider the extension of the Abortion Act of 1967 to Northern Ireland. As it happened, the debate did not take place due to lack of time, however it reflects …