Abortion in Northern Ireland is a criminal offence, governed by sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945.
A new medical declaration, the Geneva Declaration on Perinatal Care, which aims to enlist the support of medical professionals in ensuring the phrase is not used in counselling families, will be launched before the United Nations in Geneva.
At its annual Ard Fheis in Derry on Saturday 7th March, Sinn Fein voted in favour of a motion in support of abortion in cases where an unborn child has been diagnosed with a life-limiting disability.
Sinn Fein votes for a motion that will allow for the murder of terminally ill unborn children.
Deputy leader Mary-Lou McDonald said she was “very strongly recommending” her party’s ardfheis this week backs the motion to address what she described as a “policy gap”.
