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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction Emma Campbell and Fiona Bloomer -- Theme1 Law -- 2 Reflections from a Northern Ireland politician Anna Lo MBE -- 3 Power-sharing and patriarchy: An analysis of the role of the Northern Ireland Assembly in abortion law reform Claire Pierson -- 4 The role of human rights organizations Les Allamby -- 5 A 'United' Kingdom?: The 1967 Abortion Act and Northern Ireland Jennifer Thomson -- 6 The request for an inquiry under the CEDAW Optional Protocol Judith Cross, Catherine O'Rourke and Audrey Simpson -- 7 Working within Westminster Stella Creasy and Cara Sanquest -- 8 The supreme team Susan McKay -- 9 Law reform and decriminalization delivered: Westminster and strategic litigation Grainne Teggart and Ruairi Rowan -- 10 Alliance for Choice as agents of legal change Máiréad Enright -- Theme 2 Campaigning and activism -- 11 Blazing the trail-campaigns: The earlier years Lynda Walker -- 12 Alliance for Choice new beginnings Kellie O'Dowd, Judith Cross and Fiona Bloomer -- 13 Reflections of an activist Maria Amélia Ponte Lourenço -- 14 In Her Shoes - Abortion stories Ashleigh Topley -- 15 What sort of state were we in? Alliance for Choice tackle Westminster Emma Campbell -- 16 Alliance for Choice Derry: Delivering decriminalization - activism in the north-west Maeve O'Brien -- 17 Dismantling the walls of silence surrounding abortion in Northern Ireland Ruairi Rowan and Audrey Simpson -- 18 Alliance for Choice volunteers Emma Gallen -- 19 Conclusion Emma Campbell and Fiona Bloomer -- Timeline of key events: Global, Ireland, UK, NI -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

The lack of a clear and accessible law specifically outlining when abortion is legal in Northern Ireland has led to confusion and misinformation among the public, health professionals, politicians, lobby groups and the media. Hard won Departmental Guidance and legal challenges to it provide evidence of religious and cultural bias at an institutional level against abortion in any circumstances. The introduction of Northern Ireland's first private abortion clinic in 2012 has brought the debate into sharper focus. This commentary explores recent developments in abortion regulation and the failings of the two legislatures in Belfast and Westminster to live up to both domestic legal standards and international human rights law on reproductive health.

Kathryn McNeilly, Fiona Bloomer, and Claire Pierson explain the background and implications of the recent ruling which, although found Northern Ireland's abortion law to be incompatible with human rights law, dismissed the case on technical grounds.