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The UK Government today (21 November 2022) will introduce legislation to extend the time period for Executive formation.

Abortion services in Northern Ireland will be commissioned by the UK Government after Northern Ireland's Department of Health did not act on the matter, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris announced on October 24. Abortion was decriminalized in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Law in the UK currently allows abortions up to 24 weeks where two doctors agree there is a risk to the mothers or existing childrens mental or physical health.

The Northern Ireland Secretary has signalled to Stormont that he will “intervene” if it fails to introduce Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) as a compulsory component to the curriculum in schools.

A 25-year-old unnamed woman is accused of having unlawfully administered to herself a poison or other noxious thing, namely Misoprostol with the intention of inducing a miscarriage.

The 24-year-old from London is accused of unlawfully administering prescription drug Misoprostol with intent to abort her unborn child. She appeared at court via video link yesterday.

Anti-abortion group claimed only elected representatives in North should decide on issue

Pro life protesters outsider the Belfast High court, as Northern Ireland abortion laws were being challenged. Belfast, UK. Oct. 3, 2019 / meandering images/ShutterstockDenver Newsroom, Oct 14, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).A proposal to require so-called "buffer zones" around abortion clinics - an area where protests would not be allowed - is reportedly drawing support in Northern Irelands parliament. If passed, the law, which has progressed past the first legislative stage, would be the first...

A judge says NI Secretary Brandon Lewis did not provide abortion services "expeditiously" to women.

A judge says NI Secretary Brandon Lewis did not provide abortion services "expeditiously" to women.