New study of Women on Web data shows harm caused by restrictive abortion laws in Northern Ireland.
October 19 th, 2018.
Research showed that Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws have negative consequences for women’s well-being. Even though women from Northern Ireland can now obtain free abortion services in Great Britain, there there is no significant decrease of women looking for access to online abortion pills through Women on web.
In a 2017 survey, nearly 80 percent of Northern Ireland’s population supported changing current regulations.
The full paper can be read here:
https://srh.bmj.com/content/early/2018/10/19/bmjsrh-2018-200198