Something I've been thinking about recently, due to a friend having an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy, and having to keep it in large part due to being unable to afford the trip to England she would have needed to take.
Why is there not more of an outcry? Women in Northern Ireland are denied the right to bodily autonomy that the rest of the country take for granted.
To end an unplanned pregnancy in NI, you have to demonstrate that you are in immediate, mortal danger. Or else find at least £450 for the procedure, plus travel, accommodation, childcare etc etc to get to a clinic across the water.
Apparently around 50% of gynaecologists in NI are opposed to abortion. To which I would say, that's fine, don't have one then.
What do you think? Is there a way to make it more socially acceptable in this very religious, very entrenched society?
About the only positive thing I can see about the law is that the pro-lifers are cross community - lots of people from all sides of the sectarian divide in that club!
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