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MPs seek equal access to abortion for women in Northern Ireland |
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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 who do not have access to safe abortion and are denied the NHS treatment and funding for abortion permitted to other UK women. Northern Ireland is not covered by the 1967 Abortion Act.
Download our press release of 23 July 2008 on the amendment to extend the 1967 Act to Northern Ireland.
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Celebrating 40 years of legal abortion |
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Now it’s time to let women decide
Voice For Choice member organisations will be organising a series of events throughout the year to mark the 40th anniversary of
the 1967 Abortion Act.
Download our Fact Sheet to find out more (PDF, 424Kb)
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VfC calls on MPs to amend the 1967 Abortion Act |
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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 HFE Bill 2008.
The 1967 Abortion Act, which came into effect 40 years ago this year, has never been significantly updated. It needs modernising in a number of important ways and it needs to be extended to Northern Ireland.
Download our briefing for MPs (PDF, 140Kb), who will be debating amendments to the 1967 Act in the autumn, as part of the HFE Bill, date to be announced when Parliament returns.
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