Thank you for contacting me about access to full abortion services in Northern Ireland. I am very concerned that women and girls are still unable to access highquality abortion and post-abortion care in Northern Ireland. The law changed more than two years ago, and abortion services should now be available as a healthcare service in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I welcome the Government’s commitment that when establishing the legal framework for abortion that the services themselves would be delivered and overseen locally by the Department of Health and relevant health bodies in Northern Ireland, as a healthcare service. This is important as it will ensure that abortion services can be delivered in a sustainable way and become embedded into the health and social care system in Northern Ireland in the long term.
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