ABORTION LAW IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Early day motion 1754, tabled 25 June 2009 by Martin Salter (Labour). Signed by 33 members.

That this House welcomes the Westminster launch on 30 June of the film Discrimination and Denial-Abortion Law in Northern Ireland funded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and launched by the sexual health charity fpa; notes that because the Abortion Act 1967 was never extended to Northern Ireland, women in Northern Ireland do not have the same access to abortion as women in the rest of the United Kingdom; further notes that the film highlights this inequality and the reality of the situation for women in Northern Ireland; and calls on all hon. and right hon. Members to support the campaign urging the Government to provide funding for women in Northern Ireland to access NHS abortion services on the mainland.

Signatures by party: Labour 26, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 2, Independent Labour 1.