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    Ireland Voted To Allow Abortion. But It's Still Strictly Banned In Northern Ireland

    The recent abortion referendum in Ireland is setting off calls for change in neighboring Northern Ireland, which still has strict laws on the procedure that date to Victorian times.
    by Debbie Elliott Jun 05, 2018 4 minutes
    Activist group Solidarity with Repeal holds a rally calling for abortion rights outside Belfast City Hall last week in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The rally follows Ireland's vote to repeal a constitutional ban on abortion.

    The recent vote in Ireland to repeal its abortion ban is setting off calls for change in neighboring Northern Ireland, which still has strict laws on the procedure that date to Victorian times.

    But with no functioning government in Belfast, it would be up to the U.K. government of Prime Minister Theresa May to push through abortion reforms in British-ruled Northern Ireland.

    The matter was before the House of Commons on Tuesday.

    "We don't protect women by criminalizing them," Labour Party member Stella Creasy said in Parliament.

    "I see abortion as an equalities issue," she added, "because men and women will never truly be free

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