Abortion services “will be commissioned in Northern Ireland” before legislation relating to the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive passes through the Lords, Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has told MPs.
His comments came as Labour’s Stella Creasy urged the Government to act, warning that for the last three years “abortion might be legal, it is not accessible”.
Speaking during the Commons second reading of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill, she said: “We have seen women time and time again in Northern Ireland, of the two million women there, denied that right. That abortion might be legal, it is not accessible.
