Northern Ireland: abortion critiques

Right to Life  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Jun 2020
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Northern Ireland: abortion critiques

The UK Government has imposed abortion legislation on Northern Ireland

The influential Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee released a report in April which is highly critical of the UK Government’s approach to imposing abortion on Northern Ireland.

The Committee highlighted a number of concerns with the new regulations.

Firstly, the consultation period was too short, and too close to the General Election and to Christmas ‘which [doesn’t] conform with best practice.’ There also wasn’t enough time allocated to scrutinise the Bill.

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