AQW 11802/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health whether the commissioning of abortion services is a legal obligation under Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 9 December 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 December 2020
- Answer due by
- 24 December 2020
- Answered
- 17 December 20208 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 does not contain an explicit legal obligation to commission abortion services. It requires the Secretary of State to make whatever changes to the law that are necessary to implement the recommendations made in paragraphs 85 and 86 of the CEDAW report (the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) published on 6 March 2018.