Submitted on Monday 29th April 2019
Rejected on Thursday 23rd May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Legalise abortion in cases of rape for the entirety of the United Kingdom.
In parts of the country it is still illegal to get an abortion on the basis of rape. This is unacceptable in our modern society. We can not claim to respect women's rights if we do not allow women this basic right over their own body.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can’t accept your petition because responsibility for the law on abortion in Northern Ireland is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Even though the Northern Ireland Assembly is not sitting, the UK Parliament hasn’t formally taken back responsibility for this issue.
You could start a new petition calling on the UK Parliament to change the law, to take back the responsibility for the law on abortion and then to change the law in Northern Ireland.
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