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Abortion is largely illegal in [[Northern Ireland]], where only seventy to eighty abortions take place legally each year.<ref>Dyer, Clare. (July 8, 2003). "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,993484,00.html Court rejects call to clarify Ulster abortion law]." ''The Guardian.'' Retrieved November 1, 2007.</ref> Abortion is opposed by all the major Northern Irish parties, both [[Unionism in Ireland|unionist]] and [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]]. [[Sinn Féin]] does, however, support a limited liberalisation of current abortion laws.
On the [[22 October]] [[2007]] there was a motion before the Northern Irish Assembly tabled by Jeffrey Donaldson MLA MP and Iris Robinson MLA MP which stated, “That this Assembly opposes the introduction of the proposed guidelines
On the morning of the debate 120,000 petitions against abortion were presented to Mr Donaldson and Mrs Robinson on the steps of Stormont. These petitions were taken into the Chamber so that they could be inspected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly who were due to vote on the matter.
The vote in favour of the motion was hailed as a victory by Pro Life groups.
==See also==
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