Northern Ireland Assembly votes to reject Westminster imposed abortion regulations

Jun 3, 2020 by

Press Release:

This evening the Northern Ireland Assembly have voted 46:40 to oppose the UK Government’s abortion regulations which have been imposed on Northern Ireland by Westminster.

The motion which passed tonight was tabled in response to Heidi Crowter, the 24-year-old disability campaigner, who has spoken out against the proposal of the UK Government to impose on Northern Ireland abortion up to birth in cases of disabilities like Heidi’s own, Down’s syndrome.

MPs and Peers at the UK Parliament are now due to vote later this month on whether to approve or reject regulations that introduce an extreme abortion regime to Northern Ireland.

Whilst the vote at the Northern Ireland Assembly will not directly change the law in Northern Ireland, it has sent a very strong message to the UK Government, MPs and Peers at Westminster that Northern Ireland reject these regulations being imposed on the province.

This will make it much more difficult for MPs and Peers to vote to impose these regulations on Northern Ireland when they have been resoundingly rejected by the elected representatives of the people of Northern Ireland.

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