Last week’s court ruling upholding Northern Ireland’s abortion ban out of political ‘respect’ suggests women’s bodies are still subjugated to politicking. What does the future hold for women across Britain and Ireland?
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Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court narrowly upheld a ruling that denies Northern Irish women access to free abortion care through NHS England. The Secretary of State for Health’s bar on Northern Irish residents accessing NHS abortion care in England was preserved out of declared “respect“ to Northern Irish politicians and for the legitimacy of the devolved UK political institutions.
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