Northern Ireland court expected to rule on abortion ban

Belfast court of appeal is expected to deliver potentially groundbreaking judgment on region’s exclusion from 1967 Abortion Act

A potentially groundbreaking judgment on Northern Ireland’s near total ban on abortion is expected to be delivered at the court of appeal in Belfast.

The case is being brought by a young woman known only as “A” who was a minor at the time she was forced to travel to England for a termination. The legal action is also being taken by her mother, known only as “B”.

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