UK Supreme Court Says Northern Ireland's Abortion Ban Is Incompatible with Human Rights, but Won't Repeal
Weeks after Ireland voted to repeal its draconian abortion ban, Northern Ireland is one small step closer to doing the same.
UN Committee Says Northern Ireland's Abortion Laws Constitute Violence Against Women
A UN committee has declared that the UK is violating the rights of women in Northern Ireland by unduly restricting abortion access.
Northern Irish Women Will Now Have Access to Free Abortions Through UK's National Health Service
Until now, hundreds of women have had to travel from Northern Ireland to England to receive abortion services at private clinics, which can cost from £400-£2,000, not including travel or loss of work, rather than for free through the NHS. Now, the UK government will provide these women access to abortions cost-free,…
Good Use for Drones: Delivering Abortion Pills to Women Under Northern Ireland's Archaic Laws
Earlier today, a group of pro-choice activists flew a drone into Northern Ireland to deliver abortion pills. The Guardian reports that the drone, launched from the Republic, flew the short distance to County Down where a group of women waited for the delivery. The purpose of the protest was to highlight the strict…
Trade Union: Northern Ireland's Terrible Abortion Laws Criminalize Working-Class Women
Northern Ireland’s largest trade union has expressed strong concerns over the country’s draconian abortion laws, following the recent conviction of a 21-year-old woman for taking abortion pills. Unite, the union, said the abortion laws are a “class issue,” criminalizing working-class women and potentially putting them…
Northern Ireland Woman Receives Suspended Sentence for Inducing Abortion
Although abortion is legal in the rest of the United Kingdom, its ban in Northern Ireland remains in place. And as a result, a 21-year-old woman was almost sent to prison for self-inducing a miscarriage.
Belfast High Court: Northern Ireland's Abortion Laws 'Incompatible with Human Rights'
In a historic ruling, a High Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland has ruled that the country’s anti-abortion laws violate human rights. The current law, which forbids abortions in the case of fatal fetal abnormalities, rape or incest, imposes, according to the judge, “an intolerable burden” on women who have to travel…
Idaho Anti-Abortioners Open Fake Clinic in Northern Ireland, Down the Street from the Only Real One
An Idaho-based anti-abortion group is taking their questionable talents to Northern Ireland. On Tuesday, the group, Stanton Healthcare, opened a “pregnancy care clinic” just down the street from Marie Stopes, the only private abortion clinic in the region.
Belfast Abortion Clinic Protesters Are 'Christening' Patients' Fetuses
The Guardian reports that protesters outside a Belfast abortion clinic are employing creative new methods to terrorize patients who are on their way inside: playing recordings of crying babies, waving dolls at them, and telling patients that they've "christened" their fetuses. A lot of this is imported from American…
Game of Thrones Tourism Is Happening, Since Westeros Sounds So Fun
It's not just Ren Faire enthusiasts and Irish-American grandparents who want to vacation on the Emerald Isle anymore, and for that, you can thank Game of Thrones, which films partly outside Belfast. Suddenly the HBO drama is the hottest way to market Ireland as a destination—because doesn't Westeros seem like a darling…
Health Minister Vows to Regulate New Northern Ireland Abortion Clinic Somehow
Less than a week ahead of the ribbon-cutting for Ireland's first-ever abortion clinic, Health Minister Edwin Poots (and let's all take a moment to appreciate that surname) has promised that the Marie Stopes Clinic "will be regulated one way or the other," and is taking legal advice on just how regulated the clinic…
Britain's First Televised Abortion Ad Angers Anti-Choicers
Britain's first-ever TV ad for an abortion clinic has angered anti-choice groups — despite the fact that, like the infamous Pam Tebow ad, it never mentions the word "abortion."
Northern Ireland Apparently On Team Pie
In a survey, 50% of Britons said they get more done in a day if they eat a piece of cake. But while 57% of English people said they were happy making cakes, only 36% of Northern Irish agreed. [Mirror]
"Ordering" An Abortion Online: The Choice When You Don't Really Have A Choice
The BBC is reporting that a website called Women On Web is making abortion-inducing drugs just a mouse-click away. In a British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology survey of 200 women who used the site to order aborificients, 11% went on to need a surgical procedure — either because the drugs didn't complete the…
