Brook's submission to the WEC inquiry into Abortion Law in Northern Ireland

Published: 19 December 2018

Brook is pleased to have the opportunity to submit a response to the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) inquiry on Abortion Law in Northern Ireland. We are concerned about the specific impact of Northern Ireland’s prohibitive abortion law on young people and our submission focusses specifically on young people’s access to information and issues around travelling, including case studies.

Read Brook's submission to WEC

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Lisa Hallgarten, Brook Head of Policy and Public Affairs, lisa.hallgarten@brook.org.uk / 07766 704367   

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Notes to editors

Brook believes that young people should have access to great sexual health services and wellbeing support.

Brook provides free and confidential sexual health information, contraception, pregnancy testing, advice and counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and education programmes, reaching nearly 235,000 young people nationwide every year.
 
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