High Court rules against Northern Ireland's abortion law

The challenge was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Belfast's High Court has ruled against Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws Pic: Pixabay

A landmark legal challenge, brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), to relax Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws has been successful.

The Commission took the case against the region's Department of Justice, seeking access to legal terminations in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality.

The DoJ had recommended a change of the law in circumstances of fatal foetal abnormality but the NIHRC said it had not gone far enough, ...