The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation have filed a lawsuit challenging a law criminalising abortions when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a foetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
A Supreme Court case beginning today will consider whether Northern Ireland law breaches women’s rights by not allowing abortions in cases of sexual crime and fatal foetal abnormalities.
The American Civil Liberties Union will be in court today for an emergency hearing on behalf of a young woman in Texas who is currently being prevented from accessing abortion care because the Trump administration has adopted a new policy directly preventing unaccompanied immigrant minors from obtaining abortions.
The threat of prosecution against the medical profession in Northern Ireland to make abortion referrals to the UK has been lifted, says Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has welcomed the results of the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey which has revealed that an overwhelming majority of people in Northern Ireland favour reform of Northern Ireland's abortion laws.
Amnesty International has issued a warning that the negotiations to establish the next UK Government must not trade away long overdue abortion law reform in Northern Ireland.