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04-05-2016, 07:54 PM
In **rthern Ireland, women still face prison for having an abortion
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LONDON — In England, Scotland and Wales, women have access to free, safe, legal abortions. But, across the Irish Sea in **rthern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, women face prison sentences if they buy the very same medication used in legal abortions.
SEE ALSO: UK women seeking abortions still risk imprisonment under Victorian-era law (http://mashable.com/2016/02/10/abortion-law-uk/)
Though there are echoes of Donald Trump's statement (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/donald-trump-abortion-punishment/) that women who have abortions should face "some sort of punishment"; for one 21-year-old woman in **rthern Ireland this punishment became a reality Monday when she was handed a suspended prison sentence for using*"a poison" to self-abort. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/abortion-rights-**rthern-ireland/)
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LONDON — In England, Scotland and Wales, women have access to free, safe, legal abortions. But, across the Irish Sea in **rthern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, women face prison sentences if they buy the very same medication used in legal abortions.
SEE ALSO: UK women seeking abortions still risk imprisonment under Victorian-era law (http://mashable.com/2016/02/10/abortion-law-uk/)
Though there are echoes of Donald Trump's statement (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/donald-trump-abortion-punishment/) that women who have abortions should face "some sort of punishment"; for one 21-year-old woman in **rthern Ireland this punishment became a reality Monday when she was handed a suspended prison sentence for using*"a poison" to self-abort. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/abortion-rights-**rthern-ireland/)
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