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High Court criticises Magistrates Court for failure to state a case in closure order dispute
[ad_1] Leeds District Magistrates Court erred by deeming an application frivolous and refusing to state a case for the opinion of the High Court, a judge has ruled. In Rayne, R (On the Application Of) v Leeds District Magistrates Court [2021] EWHC 1964 (Admin) HHJ Gosnell refused to grant relief to the claimant,…
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Do Sex-Selective Abortions Breach Human Rights? – RightsInfo – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘Abortion is an emotive subject. It also raises several human rights questions, relating to women’s autonomy, religious beliefs and when the right to life begins.’ Full story RightsInfo, 27th June 2016 Source: www.rightsinfo.org Email Facebook Twitter [ad_2]
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Victorian abortion law ‘breaches human rights’ – The Guardian – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘A campaign to push for abortion to be removed from the justice statutes and decriminalised is to be launched this month by the country’s newest political party.’ Full story The Guardian, 20th November 2016 Source: www.guardian.co.uk Email Facebook Twitter [ad_2]
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Watchdogs release damning reports on Marie Stopes abortion clinics – Daily Telegraph – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘Staff at Britain’s biggest abortion provider tried to give a vulnerable woman a termination even though she did not understand what was going on, a damning report has found.’ Full story Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2016 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk [ad_2]
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I had an abortion when money made the difference between life and death – BBC News – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘Diane Munday had an abortion in 1961, six years before the Abortion Act – now 50 years old – made abortion legal in Britain. While she could afford a Harley Street operation, she knew her neighbours were facing backstreet procedures with knitting needles. Here she explains how this inspired a life-long campaign for reform.’…
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Dancers spared jail after blackmailing rugby star Danny Cipriani – Daily Telegraph
[ad_1] ‘Two dancers have avoided jail for blackmailing former England rugby star Danny Cipriani for thousands of pounds after one of them aborted his child.’ Full story Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2017 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk [ad_2]
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MPs to discuss reform of UK’s Victorian-era abortion law – The Guardian – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘In years to come, it may be regarded as one of the last battles for women’s autonomy. Under an obscure Victorian law, passed when women did not even have the vote, the decision to terminate an unplanned pregnancy using pills in the privacy of a home is punishable by life in prison – for…
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MPs win right to challenge Victorian law criminalising abortion – The Guardian – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘MPs have won the right to introduce a bill to parliament which would decriminalise abortion for the first time by repealing a law that dates back to Victorian times.’ Full story The Guardian, 13th March 2017 Source: www.guardian.co.uk Email Facebook Twitter [ad_2]
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Supreme court narrowly rejects Northern Ireland free abortions appeal | Abortion
[ad_1] The supreme court has ruled that women from Northern Ireland are not entitled to free access to abortions on the NHS, a decision that was condemned by campaigners as a “further blow to women” from the region. A panel of supreme court judges narrowly upheld an earlier judgment, confirming that women who travel to…
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NI Abortion Refugees: further thoughts
[ad_1] 15 June 2017 by Rosalind English R (o.t.a A and B) v. Department of Health [2017] UKSC 41, 14 June 2017 – judgment here; previous post here. Update: the government has announced its intention to make funding available for women travelling from Northern Ireland to have free termination services on the NHS in England (29 June…