A legal case seeking to weaken abortion law in Northern Ireland would lead to disabled unborn children having no rights, Belfast High Court heard in mid-June.
Currently abortion in Northern Ireland is illegal, except to save the life of the mother. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) – a government funded quango – is arguing for abortion to be extended to cases of ‘serious malformation of the foetus, rape or incest’.
At the end of the hearing Mr Justice Mark Horner said: ‘The quality and quantity of the arguments, both written and oral, has given me food for thought. I have not made up my mind.’
