Women and girls from the North in need of abortion being treated as 'second-class citizens'

Women and girls in need of abortion services in the North are being treated as "second-class citizens", the UK's highest court has heard.

Women and girls from the North in need of abortion being treated as 'second-class citizens'

Women and girls in need of abortion services in the North are being treated as "second-class citizens", the UK's highest court has heard.

British Supreme Court justices were told of their "healthcare plight" at the start of the latest round of a legal battle by a teenager and her mother for those resident in Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England.

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