MARIE STOPES: NI'S FIRST PRIVATE ABORTION CLINIC 'NOT RE-OPENING

BBC News - Marie Stopes UK has said it has no plans to resume providing services in Northern Ireland despite anticipated changes in rules around abortion. The clinic opened in Belfast in 2012, offering medical abortions in early pregnancy. It closed in December 2017 after the government announced women could access NHS-funded terminations in England. Marie Stopes has now said it has no plans to "resume providing services in NI". A spokesperson told BBC News NI: "As an organisation which has long supported the push for abortion access in Northern Ireland, we are delighted that MPs have taken the opportunity to demand reform and give every woman in the UK access to safe, legal abortion."...>>>