N.Ireland: North’s abortion law forcing women to go through ‘torture’ – Supreme Court hears

North’s abortion law forcing women to go through ‘torture’ – Supreme Court hears
London court told current law discriminates against women and girls on grounds of sex

Tue, Oct 24, 2017
Denis Staunton in London

Northern Ireland’s abortion law is forcing vulnerable women and girls to go through “physical and mental torture”, the supreme court in London has heard.

The court on Tuesday began hearing an application from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), which argues that criminalisation of abortion, even in the case of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality, is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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Northern Ireland: Doctor quits over NI attorney general’s abortion interventions

By Marie-Louise Connolly, BBC News NI Health Correspondent
Sept. 14, 2016

A paediatric pathologist has resigned over interventions by NI's attorney general on abortion laws surrounding fatal foetal abnormality.

Dr Caroline Gannon investigated the deaths of babies including those in the womb or stillbirths.

She said the final straw was having to advise a couple to use a picnic cooler bag to return their baby's remains to NI following an abortion in England.

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Source: BBC.com