Category: Jane Rooney

The High Court of Northern Ireland: Northern Irish Abortion Law Incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights

Jane Rooney In-Depth Analysis In this extended article, Jane Rooney analyses the recent Northern Ireland High Court decision that current abortion law is not compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. She suggests that the judgement could have gone further in testing the compatibility of the legislation with the ECHR, and that possible appeals …