North's justice minister David Ford to appeal abortion ruling

The North’s justice minister is to appeal against a landmark court ruling on Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws. He is concerned it has inadvertently paved the way for terminations on demand.

David Ford said there was a need to clarify Mr Justice Horner’s judgement, which declared elements of the law incompatible with human rights legislation.

The ruling focused on ending the ban on women accessing abortion in cases of sexual crime, or after a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality (FFA).