Changes to the law banning abortion in the North should be considered, the UN said today.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD children should be given compulsory sex education in schools, two sexual health charities in Britain are arguing.

Anti-abortion campaigners gathered at Stormont today to warn the Government against introducing abortion on demand in the North.

The Irish Family Planning Association is launching an emergency contraception service today.

Europe’s top human rights court rejected an appeal today to grant full human rights to a foetus, saying it was up to national governments to decide on the issue.

Pro-abortion campaigners were mounting a fresh bid today to win women in Northern Ireland greater access to abortion.

The Irish Family Planning Association has said the number of young people seeking emergency contraception is higher around the holiday season than at any other time of the year.

A FRENCH woman forced to have an abortion after a doctor’s mistake asked Europe’s top human rights court yesterday to consider granting rights to a foetus, in a case that could have implications across the continent.

ANTI-ABORTIONISTS in the North won a major victory yesterday after a British High Court judge dismissed a bid to introduce termination guidelines there.

Anti-abortionists won a major victory today after a High Court judge dismissed a bid to introduce termination guidelines in Northern Ireland.

CHEAPER air fares are encouraging more Irish women to travel to Britain for abortions. One of the preferred destinations is Liverpool where hotels organise package deals for those who need to stay overnight.

The Family Planning Association has warned that a campaign being promoted by Dana Rosemary Scallon is putting the lives of women and children in developing countries at risk.

Anti-abortion groups today accused the government of ‘‘cost-cutting’’ and being ‘‘obsessed’’ with abortion after it emerged that women are to be offered faster, easier terminations.

A legal challenge to abortion regulations in Northern Ireland is really a ‘‘radical’’ bid to have British law on termination rights extended to the province, a court heard today.

The Irish Family Planning Association has described the latest figures on Irish women travelling to the UK for abortions as an indication of the Government's failure to face reality.

A High Court judge in Belfast today granted leave for a judicial review into the lack of abortion rights in Northern Ireland.

The Family Planning Association is mounting a legal fight to try to win Northern Ireland women the same right to an abortion as women in the rest of the UK, it announced today.