LONDON — In a landmark ruling last week, a woman in Northern Ireland was given a suspended prison sentence for buying abortion pills on the Internet to induce a miscarriage.
The unnamed woman’s conviction prompted outrage and protests across the UK with human rights campaigners calling for urgent reform to Northern Ireland’s abortion law.
However, that case highlights a broader issue— abortion isn’t actually legal in any part of the UK. The abortions performed every year are happening because they fall under specific criteria that have been decriminalised. This status quo means that many women beyond Northern Ireland are faced with difficult and often distressing circumstances when they seek to have a pregnancy terminated. Read more…
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