Tory MPs warn Westminster powers over Northern Ireland abortion services 'put Union at risk'

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Conservative MPs have warned new UK government powers to force Northern Ireland to expand abortion services are 'putting the Union at risk'

"He should back off."UK Govt to intervene in NI abortion service

The Northern Ireland secretary added:"I would just say to that this is a matter of domestic law, I've been clear about this, it's about the legal obligation that's been taken forward from this house in 2019." However, MP for North Down Stephen Farry said most women in Northern Ireland supported the government stepping in."It is simply not tenable to have a right on paper but not in practice and for different reproductive rights to exist across the UK."Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis said Northern Ireland was contravening its human rights obligations

"Too many women and girls are still having to travel to other parts of the United Kingdom, to mainland Great Britain, to access this care," he said.

 

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