The UN Committee on the Elimination for Discrimination Against Women has repeated its call for a review of NI’s abortion law through public consultation.
Attempting to resolve the question of abortion through debates about fetal pain is damaging for both science and politics, argues Dr Stuart Derbyshire.
Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, welcomes British MPs’ defence of the 24-week time limit, but says much more can be done to free up and streamline abortion services.
Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication enabling them to abort a pregnancy at home, the BBC reports.