Supreme Court of London Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
October 25, 2017 (SPUC) — The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), which claims that the Province’s current law with regards to cases of sexual crime or “serious foetal anomaly” is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Human right to abortion?
In June, the Court of Appeals in Belfast overturned a 2015 High Court judgment that stated unborn children diagnosed with a serious disability or conceived in sexual crime did not deserve the legal protection provided to other children. Three judges found unanimously that Northern Ireland’s laws, which prohibit abortion, are not incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Now, the NIHRC, backed by organisations such as Amnesty International, is challenging the decision in the Supreme Court.
Human rights groups should protect the vulnerable
Ahead of the hearing, SPUC’s Northern Ireland Development Officer, Liam Gibson, called on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, to urgently review the work of the commission.
“It is the job of the Commission to promote human rights, and in particular the rights of
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