Derry Girls join Northern Ireland abortion protest
Cast members march on Westminster to lobby secretary of state for change in law
Mattha Busby
Tue 26 Feb 2019
Stars of the hit television show Derry Girls have joined a group of female MPs in a march on Westminster calling for the extension of abortion rights to Northern Ireland.
The women, including the actors Siobhan McSweeney and Nicola Coughlan, formed part of a group of 28 to symbolise the number of people who leave Northern Ireland for England and Wales each week to have an abortion.
Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/26/derry-girls-northern-ireland-abortion-protest