Opinion | Abortion Trumps Self-Rule in Northern Ireland

From WSJopinion: The British Parliament seeks to impose a permissive abortion law on Northern Ireland—against the will of the majority of people who live there, writes Niamh Ui Bhriain

The last day of October is marked as a “do or die” Brexit day by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Oct. 22, marks another political deadline regarding self-determination in the United Kingdom. That’s when Parliament seeks to impose a permissive abortion law on Northern Ireland—against the will of the majority of people who live there.

Northern Ireland is part of the U.K. but for decades had the right to decide its own laws on abortion. Since the Good Friday Agreement came into force in 1999, a devolved parliament, the...

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