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Jun 8, 2022 · A bid by DUP and SDLP assembly members to ban abortions being performed by private clinics fails to pass as it does not get cross-community support in the NI Assembly.
Jun 7, 2018 · SDLP. The SDLP (with 12 seats) describes itself as “a pro-life party” but does not apply a party whip on the issue.
Dec 14, 2021 · A DUP bill to prevent abortions in Northern Ireland in cases of non-fatal disabilities has effectively fallen after a tight vote at Stormont. Assembly members (MLAs) voted by 45 to 42 to reject...
The legislation, which was passed at Stormont in 2022, makes it illegal for people to be "impeded, recorded, influenced or to be caused harassment, alarm or distress" within the eight areas. It is...
Oct 24, 2019 · SDLP leader Colum Eastwood with party colleagues at Stormont on Monday on a day when local MLAs failed in an attempt to stop laws of abortion and same sex marriage coming into place at midnight.
- Carla Lockhart
Aug 22, 2024 · The UK Parliament at Westminster provides the key legislative framework for access to abortion within each jurisdiction. The 1967 Abortion Act was introduced in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) to address unsafe abortions resulting in serious ill-health and deaths (Sheldon, Davis, O’Neill, & Parker, 2019).
May 19, 2018 · The SDLP has voted to give its members a free vote on all abortion related issues. It means its politicians can now vote with their conscience even if that goes against party policy.
