Bid to change Northern Ireland’s abortion laws set for Stormont

Northern Ireland’s previously restrictive abortion laws were changed by MPs at Westminster in 2019 at a time when the Stormont administration was collapsed. File Picture: PA

A legislative bid to amend Northern Ireland’s recently liberalised abortion laws is to be launched at Stormont.

The private member’s bill is seeking to repeal a specific provision within the region’s abortion regulations that allows terminations up to birth in cases of serious non-fatal disabilities.