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Alliance for Choice on Secretary of State Northern Ireland's response to parliamentary question on abortion from Stella Creasy MP.

Alliance for Choice were pleased to see the issue of abortion raised in Parliamentary Questions today by Labour MP Stella Creasy. However we were extremely disappointed with the response from Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley.

Co-Chair Emma Campbell said, “We know from a number of opinion polls, and academic research such as the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey and the Abortion as a Workplace issue report, that the majority of people in Northern Ireland want to see criminal sanctions removed from abortion.”

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"The lack of a working Assembly in Northern Ireland means that we are likely to be entering a period of direct rule from Westminster which could present an ideal opportunity to lobby for abortion law reform in Northern Ireland, for at least that equal to the rest of the UK. Now that abortion in NI is firmly on the radar of the opposition parties, we will be working hard to ensure they take action on it. The Labour Party Conference attendance proved to be a fortuitous move. We had 100% support from delegates and many of the higher profile attendees made a particular effort to visit our stall.