Second woman faces possible jail sentence in **rthern Ireland over abortion pills
 

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


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, 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...


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