Rejected petition Legalise abortion in Northern Ireland

The penalty for abortion in NI can be life imprisonment. The UN has said that it violates the human rights of women. Sign this to bring Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK

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The Northern Ireland assembly has collapsed and therefore cannot change any law, this is a breach of human rights and must be changed now.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/261686

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Date submitted 18 May 2019
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