This article gives us a few home truths about abortion-laws in my country.
A few quote from the article that stood out to me:
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New Labour politicians then say that Labour Party policy to extend the Act to Northern Ireland cannot be carried out because “no one in Northern Ireland supports abortion” and they will not “impose” it.
This is nonsense. Almost 40 women a week travel out of Northern Ireland to access abortion services. Research tells us that each of these will tell, on average, four to five people before they travel. Add to these the people they tell after they return and you realise that half the adult population of Northern Ireland knows someone who has had an abortion.
This is nonsense. Almost 40 women a week travel out of Northern Ireland to access abortion services. Research tells us that each of these will tell, on average, four to five people before they travel. Add to these the people they tell after they return and you realise that half the adult population of Northern Ireland knows someone who has had an abortion.
NO ONE IN NI SUPPORTS ABORTION?? Hello! What am I? What are the people who protest and petition to get legal abortions here? What are my pro-choice friends? And those 40 women a WEEK who have to travel over-seas to get an abortion?
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Belfast city has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the UK.
stare Hmmm, I wonder why...
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Northern Ireland’s GPs are not even allowed to refer desperate women for NHS abortions in England.
We have to go and pay for an abortion, even though we supposedly have national health. Considering most people here dont have health insurance because we have the NHS, having an unexpected pregnancy when you're a bit low on money makes matters even more damning.
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New guidelines would have ensured that abortion was available to save women’s lives, but not in the cases of rape or fetal abnormality.
I did not know this, I thought pregnancey by rape was covered by a loop-hole. Obviously not! sad
