Most of Northern Ireland strongly backs abortion law reform, survey finds
Three in four people back legal abortions for women pregnant through rape or incest and in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
Friday 16 June 2017
A large majority of Northern Ireland’s population are in favour of reforming the region’s strict anti-abortion laws and back legal terminations for women made pregnant through sexual violence, a new survey has found.
Nearly 80% of the public in the region believe abortion should be legal when a woman has become pregnant as a result of rape or incest, according to the latest Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey.
Continued at source: The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/16/northern-ireland-strongly-backs-abortion-law-reform-survey