Women in Northern Ireland worry that their abortion rights have been “forgotten” and could be at further risk in light of last week’s Roe v Wade ruling, which saw an end to the constitutional right to abortion in the US.
Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in October 2019, but three years on, the government has failed to commission abortion services.
Naomi Connor, co-convener of Northern Ireland’s leading abortion rights group Alliance for Choice, told openDemocracy anti-abortion groups had been on the rise since abortion was decriminalised in the country – and added that last week’s Roe v Wade ruling gave them the additional impetus they needed.
