An abortion support group has raised over £6,000 as part of an “emergency appeal” after PSNI raids connected to the illegal purchase of abortion pills online. The money, which is being raised through a JustGiving page, is intended to enable women from Northern Ireland and the Republic to access abortion services in England.

Vulnerable women will be left to “suffer in silence and fear” following a police crackdown on the illegal purchase of abortion pills in Northern Ireland, campaigners have said.

Mara Clarke founded the Abortion Support Network, which provides non-judgemental advice, financial assistance and accommodation to women travelling from Ireland and the Isle of Man to access safe terminations. Marie Claire’s Hilal Seven hears her story

“I’m not ashamed I had an abortion, but to come home to a country that thought I was a criminal… I was devastated.”

“In our time of need this country turned its back on us.”

London Irish Abortion Rights Campaigners will be hosting a comedy evening in the London Irish Centre this March. The night will feature comedy from Graham Linehan, Sara Pascoe, Aisling Bea, Eleanor Tiernan, Gráinne Maguire, Jarlath Regan, Nish Kumar, Stuart Black, Wendy Wason.

So, if I were a member of the Assembly I would be frustrated. I thus thought it might be useful, as I have read many of the submissions uploaded so far, to suggest a selection that I might read if I were a member, in order to acquire a fuller picture of the kinds of…

Abortion is illegal on the Isle of Man unless carried out after a criminal offence or on mental health grounds. Will this change during the next Parliament?

Women in the Isle of Man should have the same abortion rights as those in England, Scotland and Wales, a Member of the House of Keys (MHK) says. Fewer than 10 terminations happen each year on the island because, in most circumstances, its laws prohibit them. As a result, an estimated 100 women a year…

A pro-choice campaigner says she fears Precious Life may have used her name in a controversial petition to oppose abortion in the event of fatal foetal abnormality.