Rejected petition Provide equality for Northern Ireland with rest of UK on abortion, gay marriage

Northern Ireland has no functioning Assembly and Executive, so is unable to initiate a referendum to provide the right of women to access an abortion or gay people to exercise their right to marry. This petition calls on Parliament to allow people of Northern Ireland to choose equality of treatment.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can’t accept your petition because responsibility for the law on abortion and equal marriage in Northern Ireland is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Even though the Northern Ireland Assembly is not sitting, the UK Parliament hasn’t formally taken back responsibility for this issue.

You could start a new petition calling on the UK Parliament to change the law, to take back the responsibility for the law on abortion and equal marriage and then to change the law in Northern Ireland.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 May 2018
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