This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Reverse the Verdict/Sentence given to a young woman in NI for having an abortion
Today in the UK, a woman has been found guilty of having an abortion. The 21yr old was given a three month sentence, suspended for two years at Belfast high court
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A horrifying story, which should have been long relegated to the annals of history, sadly still the reality for a woman living in Northern Ireland in 2016
convicted under ancient laws passed under Queen Victoria & sat untouched on Northern Ireland’s statute books for over 150 years. Regardless of Northern Ireland’s contested constitutional status, when it comes to human rights law we are just as much British citizens as women living in Blackpool or Birmingham. Westminster could easily overturn the abortion ban by passing legislation in the House of Commons. There is a particularly clear case for doing this as a High Court found in November that Northern Ireland’s abortion ban breaches international human rights law.
Article by Siobhan Fenton The Independant
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