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04-07-2016, 06:51 PM
Second woman faces possible jail sentence in **rthern Ireland over abortion pills
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LONDON — A second woman charged with breaking **rthern Ireland's abortion law has appeared in court this week, after buying abortion pills for her teenage daughter. *
SEE ALSO: In **rthern Ireland, women still face prison for having an abortion (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/abortion-rights-**rthern-ireland/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The woman — who can**t be named for legal reasons — appeared at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday morning, charged with helping her daughter — who was a mi**r at the time — to have an abortion.*
The woman — who*will appear in court again later this month — faces up to life in prison, which is the maximum sentence under **rthern Ireland's abortion ban (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/abortion-rights-**rthern-ireland/), which makes it a criminal offence to have an abortion or help someone else to have one.*
Women in England, Scotland and Wales have access to free, safe, legal abortions, but 1967's Abortion Act, which makes abortion legal in Britain, does **t extend to **rthern Ireland, which forms part of the United Kingdom. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/abortion-**rthern-ireland-second-case/)
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LONDON — A second woman charged with breaking **rthern Ireland's abortion law has appeared in court this week, after buying abortion pills for her teenage daughter. *
SEE ALSO: In **rthern Ireland, women still face prison for having an abortion (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/abortion-rights-**rthern-ireland/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The woman — who can**t be named for legal reasons — appeared at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday morning, charged with helping her daughter — who was a mi**r at the time — to have an abortion.*
The woman — who*will appear in court again later this month — faces up to life in prison, which is the maximum sentence under **rthern Ireland's abortion ban (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/abortion-rights-**rthern-ireland/), which makes it a criminal offence to have an abortion or help someone else to have one.*
Women in England, Scotland and Wales have access to free, safe, legal abortions, but 1967's Abortion Act, which makes abortion legal in Britain, does **t extend to **rthern Ireland, which forms part of the United Kingdom. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/abortion-**rthern-ireland-second-case/)
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