{"id":206929,"date":"2019-07-22T15:40:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206929"},"modified":"2019-07-23T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T19:25:04","slug":"pro-abortion-group-sues-abortion-legislation-isnt-happening-fast-enough-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-group-sues-abortion-legislation-isnt-happening-fast-enough-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion group claims abortion isn’t being legalized fast enough in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the midst of Westminster\u2019s move to remove restrictions on abortion in Northern Ireland, a pro-abortion group is suing because they believe the government is not legalizing abortion fast enough.<\/p>\n

The London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign (LIARC) claims that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland failed to act appropriately when a June 2018 court ruling deemed the country\u2019s pro-life laws non-compliant with human rights law in cases of rape, incest, and fetal abnormality. However, the decision was thrown out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Janet Farrel, who is currently representing LIARC, said: \u201cThis case is about the failure of the UK Government to take action to protect the rights of women and girls in Northern Ireland. This is despite the UK Government having the power to act, and despite Northern Ireland having no devolved government in place for two-and-a-half years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland except when a woman\u2019s life is at risk (which is never actually necessary as explained in the video below). Measures to loosen abortion laws through legislation or referendum have failed by a wide margin\u00a0as recently as 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n