Aontú accuses Sinn Fein of trying to ‘ramp up Northern Ireland abortions’

Sinn Fein has come under fire over abortion from a rival republican party that is against terminations.
Sinn Fein's Deirdre Hargey said the party wants women to get the 'compassionate health care they are legally entitled to'Sinn Fein's Deirdre Hargey said the party wants women to get the 'compassionate health care they are legally entitled to'
Sinn Fein's Deirdre Hargey said the party wants women to get the 'compassionate health care they are legally entitled to'

Aontú has accused SF of trying to “ramp up of the number of abortions in the North of Ireland”.

The party’s representative in East Londonderry Gemma Brolly said that it is “heart breaking for many nationalists” that Sinn Fein now opposes the 1916 Easter Proclamation vow to ‘cherish all the children of the nation equally’.

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She said: “Sinn Fein talks about disability rights, yet they brought about a bill that allows for abortion up until birth for a child with Down’s syndrome.”

Ms Brolly added: “Shockingly there were well over 700 abortions in the North in the last year, yet it seems this is not enough for Sinn Fein.”

Sinn Fein MLA Deirdre Hargey said : “Sinn Fein’s priority is ensuring that women receive the compassionate health care they are legally entitled to.”

She also said that Stormont’s health minister “Robin Swann, supported by the DUP, has failed to commission modern and compassionate healthcare services for women”.

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