Update: Anti-abortion groups welcome court ruling on NI abortion laws as victory for democracy

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has lost a Supreme Court challenge against existing abortion laws in the North.

Latest: The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has lost a Supreme Court challenge against existing abortion laws in the North. .

A majority of the seven-strong panel of Supreme Court justices ruled  said, however, that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws are incompatible with human rights legislation.