Is Abortion still illegal in the Republic of Ireland?........what about Northern Ireland?

Question

Is Abortion still illegal in the Republic of Ireland?........what about Northern Ireland?

Answer 1

When the 1967 act was passed, it was never included to Northern Ireland.  I found this out a few days ago on here when one woman's friend was pregnant and wanted a temination, but can't get one.  She was considering getting pills over the internet.

This is what happens when you outlaw abortion - you make women desperate.

In the Republic, doctors are allowed to send a quota of women over each year to Britain to visit clinics after a ruling over a girl who was threatening suicide if she was not granted a termination.  The law still needs to be changed.

Answer 2

As a woman, I hope it's legal.

Answer 3

Its defo illegal in the Republic, i dont know about NI but i do know tht you have to go to England to have one!

Answer 4

Abortion is still illegal, however, women within the Republic have the right to travel for an abortion and to seek information.

As far as I know, only therapeutic terminations are carried out in Northern Ireland on strictly medical grounds (e.g. to save the life of the mother) irrespective of the stage of pregnancy.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

http://www.thesite.org/sexandrelationshi...

Answer 6

yes it's illegal in both

Answer 7

An estimated 6000 Irish women a year hop over to the UK for an abortion.

Quite a serious issue to be addressed.

Answer 8

Legal. yes

Answer 9

Illegal in the republic and limited to certain cases which adhere to rather ambiguous criteria in Northern Ireland.

See below:

She has a serious medical or psychological problem that is endangering her life if she continues her pregnancy;

She has severe learning difficulties;

Doctor's detect abnormalities in the foetus;

In some cases, women will be offered an abortion if they have become pregnant as a result of rape.

Answer 10

Abortion is still illegal here, but at least it is no longer illegal (as it was a few years ago) to provide information and advice and counselling to people who are considering it. Although The North is still part of the UK it is also illegal there. It is most common for girls to go over to England to get their abortions, although this is probably becasue of the language, as I have heard that it is less expensive in places like Holland, although I am not sure about that. It is fairly easy to organise one in England. The only peroblem is that flights and accommodation add to the cost of the procedure. Also, people are tempted to keep costs down by going over alone, which is not always great.

Answer 11

Anyone wanting an abortion has to go over to mainland UK.  For more advice contact BPAS or Marie Stopes.

Answer 12

The murder of Innocent children should be outlawed everywhere. But unfortunately it isn't.

The answer to your question is no.

Answer 13

The answers you are getting are giving different views here. I am living in Donegal Ireland and here is a website link about abortions in Eire and Northern Ireland. Hope this helps you.

Answer 14

It's legal in the republic only if there is a threat to the life of the mother, including suicide.  If someone in Ireland wants to have an abortion, they have to travel to Britain.

Answer 15

it is illegal in both which does not seem right. It just means that they travel over to the mainland to have it done and it ends up costing more.

Answer 16

It is legal in Northern Ireland, as NI is governed by the UK laws.

Answer 17

Its always been illegal it was recently highlighted in a case where the young girl had to fight the high court to be allowed to go to england and hve an abortion on her baby which wouldn't hve lived a few hours.

Answer 18

yes, it has been since the vote we had a few years back, dont know about northern Ireland!!, i think its illegal there too cause everyone here that wants to get one go to England, if it was legal in n.ireland then they'd just go up there!

the first person doesnt know what there talking about, i live in ireland, dublin to be precise!

Answer 19

i sure hope so, we Irish Americans here are proud of Ireland for keeping it that way...In this country the girls never say NO and kill their babies like nothing...

even married couples kill the baby if they dont' like the s*x of the unborn BABY...yet the oxymoron comes when if someone kills a pregant woman carrying a baby then its murder for both...

Answer 20

It's only legal in the Republic in exceptional circumstances, like for example if the pregnancy is seriously dangerous to the woman's life.

I don't know about Northern Ireland. I do know that every year a lot of women travel to Britain to terminate their pregancies.