Abortion services in the North offered on ‘make do and mend’ basis, MLAs warned

Aerial view of the Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast (Steve Parsons/PA)

Abortion services in Northern Ireland are being offered on a “make do and mend” basis due to the failure to properly commission them, MLAs have been told.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission told the Assembly’s Health Committee that the ad hoc services being offered by health trusts were “deeply unsatisfactory” and not in accordance with abortion law in the region.