Women take abortion pills in Northern Ireland protest
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London: Abortion rights campaigners swallowed what they said were abortion pills outside a Belfast court on Thursday, as pressure grows to ease Northern Ireland’s strict ban on terminating pregnancies.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK in which abortion is illegal in all but exceptional cases. Last week, the neighboring Republic of Ireland voted to remove a constitutional ban on abortions, putting pressure on the north to follow suit.
Campaigners used a small robot to distribute pills outside Belfast’s Laganside courts complex, before three women flanked by others dressed in outfits from the Netflix series, Handmaid’s Tale, swallowed the tablets.
Police officers seized the pills and robot, and attempted to lead one woman away. They eventually left without detaining her.
Protest organisers didn’t say whether the women were pregnant, noting that it would be illegal for them to take the pills if they were. They said the robot was being operated from the Netherlands to avoid breaching the law.
Article source: http://smh.com.au/queensland/massive-workshop-fire-sparks-evacuations-in-brisbane-s-north-20170924-p4yw2p.html
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