Submitted on Monday 20th May 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 5th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
To legalise abortion in Northern Ireland.
75% of people in the UK believe that UK should change its laws regarding abortion and Northern Ireland. 65% of people in Northern Ireland also believe abortion should not be a crime. Not to mention that to have an abortion can put you in prison for 14 years regardless of situation.
sources: amnesty
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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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