By Jayne McCormack, BBC News NI political correspondent
Dec 14, 2021
A DUP bill to prevent abortions in Northern Ireland in cases of non-fatal disabilities has effectively fallen after a tight vote at Stormont.
Assembly members (MLAs) voted by 45 to 42 to reject the principles of the bill after its consideration stage debate.
Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59660274
DUP and Ulster Unionist opposition to 2019 legislation is ‘shameful and disgraceful’, says Michelle O’Neill
Lisa O'Carroll
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Sinn Féin has welcomed a demand by the British government for progress on the introduction of abortion services in Northern Ireland, as the party denounced Democratic Unionist opposition to the provisions as “shameful and disgraceful”.
Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister, Michelle O’Neill, accused the DUP and the Ulster Unionist party of trying to reverse legislation imposed by Westminster in 2019, which provided for terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities.
Northern Ireland secretary set to have power to force roll-out of abortion services in region
Sun, Mar 21, 2021
A move to direct the commissioning of abortion services in Northern Ireland is an “over-reach” of the secretary of state’s powers, the DUP has said.
The British government is set to take legislative action at Westminster this week to give Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis the powers to force Stormont’s Department of Health to roll out abortion services across the region.
UK government says it is disappointed full abortion services not yet available
Fri, Mar 19, 2021
The DUP will “vigorously oppose” any further legislative action to see new abortion laws implemented in the region, an MP has warned.
The law was liberalised last year to allow terminations in Northern Ireland following action taken at Westminster.
By Jayne McCormack, BBC News NI Political Reporter
Feb 16, 2021
The DUP has proposed a new law to prevent abortions being carried out in NI in cases of non-fatal disabilities.
NI's abortion laws changed significantly last year following legislation passed at Westminster.
Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-56041850
Bill targets provision that allows terminations up to birth in cases of serious disability
Tue, Feb 16, 2021
A legislative attempt to repeal an aspect of Northern Ireland’s recently-liberalised abortion laws has been formally tabled at Stormont.
The Private Members’ Bill in the name of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MLA Paul Givan targets a specific provision within the region’s abortion regulations that allows terminations up to birth in cases of serious non-fatal disabilities.
New Northern Ireland abortion rules voted in by MPs must be accepted at Assembly, says minister
George Ryan
June 05 2020
Stormont must accept new regulations on abortion made in Westminster despite them being rejected by the Assembly, the Northern Ireland minister has announced.
MPs voted last July to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland if the Stormont Assembly was not up and running by October.
Abortion: Assembly rejects recent changes to NI laws
By Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI Political Reporter
June 2, 2020
The NI Assembly has voted to pass a motion to reject recent changes to abortion laws in Northern Ireland. New abortion regulations drawn up by Westminster came into force in March after a vote in 2019.
The motion, brought by the DUP, passed by 46 votes to 40. The vote has no effect on the laws but the DUP said it would send a message to Westminster that the regulations are not supported by Stormont.
Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-52878836
SF proposes tightening NI abortion legislation over non-fatal disability
Alliance for Choice says SF move would mean still having to travel for terminations for foetal anomaly diagnoses
Sun, May 31, 2020
Gerry Moriarty
Sinn Féin has indicated a willingness to see some alteration of the new abortion legislation for Northern Ireland that was enacted at Westminster and came into effect at the end of March.
The party has tabled an amendment to a DUP motion on abortion, some of which relates to Down syndrome, that is to be debated in the Northern Assembly on Tuesday.
Northern Ireland’s new abortion guidelines are welcome but should have gone further
Posted: Fri, 27 Mar 2020
by Dr Antony Lempert
As the government publishes a framework for the extension of abortion rights in NI, Dr Antony Lempert welcomes politicians' belated willingness to defend women's right to choose but laments several missed opportunities.
On 23 February 2018 the UN committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued a damning verdict on the state of abortion in Northern Ireland. It concluded that women were subject to violence by virtue of the fact that nearly every woman or child who became pregnant had to carry the pregnancy to term. This was the case even where there was evidence that the foetus would not be viable and even in cases of incest or rape.
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