Northern Ireland abortion laws change by midnight tonight (21 Oct)

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BBC news article says:
Abortion law: NI politicians to return to Stormont

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50115449

’NI's Stormont Assembly will sit for the first time in nearly three years after being recalled in a last-ditch attempt to stop changes to the abortion law.
Unionist parties, who oppose the upcoming liberalisation, triggered the recall with a petition. NI has been without a devolved government since January 2017 when the power-sharing parties split.
Abortion laws will change at midnight unless devolution is restored but the recall is seen as largely symbolic.
Without an executive in place, Stormont cannot affect the laws.
It is unlikely an executive will be established as it needs support from both the unionist and republican communities’.

What does ‘largely symbolic’ mean?
Is there a chance that it could stop abortion rights coming to Northern Ireland?
Women in Northern Ireland (and same sex couples) deserve better than this insulting, self-interested farce.

The DUP - Party of NO - gnashing its teeth to a background of cheers from the non-dinosaurs:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/first-samesex-marriages-in-northern-ireland-likely-to-happen-by-valentines-day-2020-38616669.html

The first same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland are likely to taking place by Valentine’s Day 2020, the Secretary of State has said.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith also said he plans for the legal framework to be in place to access abortion by March 31.

The Assembly can't return until the Nationalist community agree

and iirc they collapsed the Assembly mainly because of the DUP trying to evade responsibility for the Cash for Ash scandal, enquiries into which are ongoing

I've seen an astonishing amount of God will judge you type posts from people who are clearly quite happy to take the role of judgement on themselves.

Fifty Two years !!! it has taken to get to the point where NI will have legal parity with the rest of the "Union". How much suffering in that time, "shotgun" weddings,fear and debt, shame and loathing?

The so called "unionists" are so keen to be part of the "union" and insist on being treated like the rest of it as their right... except when it comes to womens rights. The Assembly hasn't sat for over two years but the DUP will make an exception when it comes to denying the rights of women and the L&G community.

SapAtSea I really wish we had a like button. Your post is spot on.

This or worse will be the sort of crap brave souls who step forward to offer a service ill be subject to. Importing US style tactics
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/1999/aug/17/healthandwellbeing.health5

Oh she’s now talking about babies being killed at 8 months, killed for having a cleft palate, partial abortion (brain stem stabbed as baby is being born), and we think we are a civilised society!

Then a quote from a Catholic Bishop (we all know how much they respect women’s bodies). There is so much I want to say I want to start by saying Well done NI but it’ll just inflame things, a polite hide posts will do.

As I keep saying don’t believe in abortions don’t have one keep you nose out of other women’s business.

It’s a sad state of affairs when the pro-life groups are using things like killing 8 month old babies to try and defend their argument.