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Abortion ruling is merely a tiny step in right direction
2015
Overview
The judge's words also provide some legal reassurance to medical professionals, who have long been concerned -- due to unwarranted political interference in medical decision-making -- that they could be liable to prosecution for assisting people who find themselves in these dreadful circumstances. Beyond that, the judgment is an important and explicit riposte to those who would seek to impose their strongly held religious or moral beliefs on others, with the support of criminal sanctions. This, I would say, includes many of our politicians and public figures. That's why I was dismayed but not surprised to see the Attorney General for Northern Ireland John Larkin (below) say that he was \"profoundly disappointed\" by the decision and \"considering the grounds for appeal\". In 2008, before he took up the role of Attorney General, Mr Larkin memorably described aborting a highly disabled foetus in the womb as akin to \"putting a bullet in the back of the head of the child two days after it's born\". Three years ago questions were raised over Mr Larkin's call for Stormont to investigate the legal status of the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast, with his personal assistance.
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Independent News & Media
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