The Belfast High Court

SPUC, which twice forced the Northern Ireland Department of Health to withdraw misleading guidance on the Province's abortion law, has said that abortion advocates are becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of success they have had in winning support for their agenda.

SPUC made its remarks as an application for a judicial review brought by the Family Planning Association of Northern Ireland was beginning in the High Court in Belfast. [SPUC, 27 February]

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