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“How can we suffer such an injustice to women and force them into such terrible situations? Women in Northern Ireland must have the same rights to abortion as we do.” Beverley Turner
“Forcing women in Northern Ireland to travel overseas to England in order to have an abortion which they have to pay for themselves makes a traumatic situation much worse. This delay also means they’ll have their abortion much later in to their pregnancy than is necessary.” Dr Miriam Stoppard
"We have to end the discrimination against women in Northern Ireland which as citizens of the UK, forbids them from having an abortion in their own home country." Polly Toynbee
"How can we stand by while Northern Irish women have to pay for, travel for and organise something as traumatic as an abortion. If they lived in a different part of the UK, the NHS would take care of this for them. What makes Northern Irish women deserve such harsh treatment?" Janet Ellis
"One of the most shameful political acts of the year has been that the rights of pregnant women in Northern Ireland have not been addressed in the same way that they have been in the rest of the UK. To rectify this will doubtless take courage, but to leave this wrong unattended will be an act of cowardice on the part of the entire political class." Tony Robinson
Find out more about the FPA campaign for women's rights to abortion in Northern Ireland.
