Submitted on Tuesday 5th April 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 6th April 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Return abortion powers from NI Assembly back to UK parliament & unban abortion
The abortion ban in Northern Ireland makes it a criminal offence, carrying a sentence of anything up to life in prison, even if you have been raped or if the foetus is so severely disabled that it has no chance of surviving outside the womb.
This archaic law needs to be overturned.
http://goo.gl/gqn0cS
http://goo.gl/eEfCuS
The Abortion Act 1967 does not extend to Northern Ireland. The pieces of legislation governing abortion in Northern Ireland are sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 and sections 25 and 26 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945
An offence under section 58 is punishable with imprisonment for life or for any shorter term.
https://goo.gl/NOlwpP
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