Monthly Archives: July 2008

MPs seek equal access to abortion for women in Northern Ireland

Today a cross-party group of MPs have tabled an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill intending to give women in Northern Ireland- for the first time- the right to fair and rapid access to safe, legal abortion care when they need it. Currently Northern Irish women are the only women in the UK … Continued

VfC calls on MPs to amend the 1967 Abortion Act

In 1990, the 1967 Abortion Act was amended to reduce the legal time limit for abortion from 28 to 24 weeks through an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990. Following 18 years of scientific and technical research, and developments in clinical practice, the HFE Act 1990 is being modernised through the … Continued