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A landmark decision by the US Supreme Court to end the constitutional right to have abortions has caused global shockwaves – including in Northern Ireland.

The U.K. government pushes to expand abortion in the province despite local opposition Pro-life campaigners at the Parliament buildings on the Stormont Estate in Belfast Getty Images/Photo by Paul Faith/AFP Before March 2020, the number of abortions in conservative Northern Ireland in a given year consistently stayed in the double digits. Women could get legal abortions only if the pregnancy put their lives at risk or posed serious threat to their physical health...