"Sent to the mainland": how Northern Irish women suffer under restrictive abortion laws

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3. Another side-effect of May's reliance on the DUP for her fragile majority.

If not for that, I reckon reform would come relatively quickly:

Ireland abortion referendum: UK minister hopes for NI law change

A landslide vote in favour of overturning Ireland's abortion ban gives "hope" to Northern Ireland, UK minister Penny Mordaunt has said.

The referendum result has sparked calls for the issue to be reassessed in Northern Ireland, where laws are much stricter than the rest of the UK.

But Democratic Unionist MP Ian Paisley said it "should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand".

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After early results suggested a landslide, women and equalities minister Ms Mordaunt tweeted that it was a "historic" day for Ireland and a "hopeful" day for Northern Ireland, adding "that hope must be met".

Link to tweet

Penny Mordaunt MP
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@PennyMordaunt

Based on the exit poll, a historic & great day for Ireland, & a hopeful one for Northern Ireland. That hope must be met. #HomeToVote stories are a powerful and moving testimony as to why this had to happen and that understanding & empathy exists between generations. #trustwomen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44266135