Nov 4, 2025
Claire Quinn, BBC News NI

A TUV amendment to a new bill on baby loss certificates, which would add specific language to include women who have had abortions, has been defeated.

The amendment which was described as "callous", by an Alliance MLA, received 53 no votes and 23 votes for.

Currently in Northern Ireland, the death of a baby after 24 weeks is officially recorded as a stillbirth but there is no formal recognition of loss before 24 weeks, as there is in England.

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