Date Set for Hearing of Appeal
The Court of Appeal fixed a date this morning for a full hearing of the Attorney General's appeal against Mr Justice Horner's ruling in the judicial review brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
On 30th November 2015, Mr Justice Horner ruled that the illegality of abortion in cases where the unborn child has been diagnosed with a ‘fatal foetal abnormality’ and where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest is in violation of Article 8(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The full hearing of the appeal will be on 20th June 2016 and could possibly last four days.