Very important - UK folk contact your MP today

[delicatemoth]

The Speaker has selected for debate this afternoon Stella Creasy's amendment that would entitle Northern Irish women to get NHS-funded abortions. They'll still have to travel to Engandandwales to do it, mind, but it's a start.

Please take a couple of minutes to remind your MP that the current situation is a human rights outrage and they'd better step up.

[Fussbudget]

Done, thanks dm for flagging it up.

[Benjm]

Done.

[E10 Rifle]

Don't need to. Though I obviously support it.

[Diable Rouge]

Interestingly, an NI court has today ruled that abortion is a reserved matter for Stormont, but can't see even the nationalist parties wanting to go anywhere near it.

[Diable Rouge]

The Government admits defeat:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-politics-live

[Satchmo Distel]

The government should also fund travel to the clinic, but I assume that's not being done.

[E10 Rifle]

Women who live in NI should not have to travel at all for this, and those who lack the resources and time to do so, will not. It's a battle half-won

[Diable Rouge]

The government should also fund travel to the clinic, but I assume that's not being done.

Hammond said the Government will fund charities, who will fund travel expenses.

[Guy Profumo]

All nugatory anyway isn't it?

Direct rule was reestablished at 4pm, wasn't it?

[Diable Rouge]

Extra-time, postponed until Monday.

[delicatemoth]

Abortion Support Network's Twitter talks about what they and other groups do to help people in need.