NI women awarded compensation over abortion trip costs
By Staff Reporter
December 20 2019
A mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who were forced to raise funds to travel to a private clinic in England for an abortion are to be compensated by the Government.
Known only as A and B, the two women began legal proceedings seven years ago after they were forced to raise £900 to make the trip for A to have the abortion.
Two Northern Ireland women to get abortion costs compensation
European court orders UK government to reimburse mother and daughter forced to travel to England for abortion
Henry McDonald
Thu 19 Dec 2019
A mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who were forced to travel to England for an abortion are to be compensated by the government over their costs.
The European court of human rights has instructed the government to reimburse the women for the cost of travel and the termination at a private English clinic seven years ago.
Northern Irish duo press for abortion ruling despite parliament win
The Brief team
Jul 03, 2017
Two women campaigning for NHS abortions in England to be available to residents of Northern Ireland are to press on with their claim at the European Court of Human Rights despite the British government climbing down over the issue last week.
Lawyers for the mother and daughter, who are known only as A and B, recently lost an appeal before the Supreme Court that would have forced ministers to allow women from the province to have abortions in England funded by the NHS. The ruling was a majority decision of three to two, with the justices expressing sympathy for the women’s claim.
Continued at source: The Times: https://www.thetimesbrief.co.uk/users/39175-the-brief-team/posts/18242-northern-irish-duo-press-for-abortion-ruling-despite-parliament-win
Abortion: NI women not entitled to NHS terminations in England
June 14, 2017
The Supreme Court challenge centred on the case of a Northern Ireland woman who became pregnant when she was 15. She went to England with her mother for an abortion in a private clinic in 2012, at a cost of about £900.Northern Ireland's abortion law is much stricter than the rest of the UK.
The mother and daughter took the case against UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who conceded that he had the power to make provisions for Northern Ireland residents to access free NHS abortions in England.
Continued at link:BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-40271763
Supreme court narrowly rejects Northern Ireland free abortions appeal
Mother and daughter were appealing for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England
Amelia Gentleman
Wednesday 14 June 2017
The supreme court has ruled that women from Northern Ireland are not entitled to free access to abortions on the NHS, a decision that was condemned by campaigners as a “further blow to women” from the region.
A panel of supreme court judges narrowly upheld an earlier judgment, confirming that women who travel to England from Northern Ireland, which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, cannot receive free abortion care on the NHS.
Continued at link: The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/14/supreme-court-narrowly-rejects-northern-ireland-free-abortions-appeal
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