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Britain's May Faces Calls to Relax Northern Ireland Abortion Rules

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On Sunday, Reuters reported that British Prime Minister Theresa May faced demands from ministers and lawmakers, to reform Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive abortion rules after Ireland’s vote to liberalize its laws. Voters in Ireland, a once deeply Catholic nation, backed the change by two-to-one. Britain’s women and equalities minister, said that the victory to legalize abortion should now bring change north of the Irish border.

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