Stella Creasy — NEWS — Alliance for Choice

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.”

building_tower_big_ben_houses_of_parliament_landmark-1267163.jpg — Dear Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP,

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Dear Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP,
We write on behalf of those who use, provide and campaign for abortion care provision to call on you to legislate for full abortion access in Northern Ireland without further delay. 50 years after the passing of the 1967 Abortion Act, women* living in Northern Ireland are still being forced through pregnancies against their will.

*We recognise that not all pregnant people are women and that trans men and non-binary people can get pregnant too. This letter refers to pregnant people of all genders.