In Northern Ireland, abortion rights groups clamour for change

In Northern Ireland, abortion rights groups clamour for change
By Reuters - May 27, 2018

BELFAST: Abortion rights activists in Northern Ireland called on the British government to end what one group described as the province’s “Victorian-era abortion ban” after neighbouring Ireland voted by a landslide to liberalise its laws.

Voters in the once deeply Catholic Irish republic were estimated to have backed a referendum by more than two-to-one, according to two exit polls, prompting campaigners across the border to step up their demands for change.

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