Supreme Court Ruling: Abortion in Northern Ireland Debate
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Kate Green
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Supreme Court Ruling: Abortion in Northern Ireland
Kate Green Excerpts(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Karen Bradley
Again, my hon. Friend makes his long-standing views on this matter known, and I am sure the politicians in Northern Ireland will have heard them.
Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)
May I say to the Secretary of State that the fact the decision on rape was a four-three majority decision means that it was a decision, an announcement, a pronouncement of the court? That is how the Supreme Court works; it does not matter how narrow the majority. May I also remind her of what Lord Kerr said? He said that
“it is incumbent on the state”—
the UK—
“to recognise the vulnerability of girls and women”
in relation to rape. Does she agree that human rights cannot be devolved and that she and the Government have the responsibility for them?