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Abortion: Northern Ireland

Question for Northern Ireland Office

UIN HL4089, tabled on 30 November 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to bring the law on abortion in Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the UK.

Answered on

8 December 2015

Constitutionally, abortion law in Northern Ireland is a transferred matter, and is therefore the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive Ministers.