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UN Committee Tries to Foist Abortion on Northern Ireland
21st Aug 08


CEDAW Try to Foist Abortion on Northern Ireland

A United Nations committee has indicated support for extending the 1967 British Abortion Act to Northern Ireland, a suggestion that all the main Northern parties vehemently oppose.

The UN Committee for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) said there should be a debate in Northern Ireland on removing "punitive provisions" on women who want to have an abortion in the North.

"The committee reiterates its call to the state party to initiate a process of public consultation in Northern Ireland on the abortion law," it said.

"The committee also urges the state party to give consideration to the amendment of the abortion law so as to remove punitive provisions...

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Northern Ireland’s Iris Robinson Grasps Nettle on Abortion Issue
14th Aug 08


"Abortion is Morally Wrong"—Government Has a Duty to Uphold God's Law

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness recently called for religion to be kept out of politics in the wake of calls by a Unionist MP for government to uphold "God’s law" on abortion in Northern Ireland. Democratic Unionist MP Iris Robinson, wife of First Minister Peter Robinson, criticised pro-abortion...

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New Move to Allow Abortion in Northern Ireland
3rd Aug 08


Further Attempts to Foist Abortion on Northern Ireland Despite the United Opposition of Political Parties and Churches

British members of parliament are to stage a fresh attempt to make it easier for women in the North to have an abortion. Extreme pro-abortion MPs at...

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