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Currently, Northern Ireland is the only region in the UK where terminations are banned in such cases.
Amnesty International has said the poll demonstrates an increase in support for access to abortion compared to a similar survey it commissioned two years ago. In 2014, 69% of people in Northern Ireland supported access to abortion in cases of rape; this figure has now increased to 72%. In 2014, 60% of respondents supported access to abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality. This has now risen to 67%.
Commenting on the figures, Adrianne Peltz, Amnesty International's Northern Ireland Campaigner, said: "These poll findings demonstrate an overwhelming demand for change to Northern Ireland's draconian abortion laws. This is not a small margin of support for women's access to abortion, it's a definitive landslide. Northern Ireland has changed.
"People who think women should be denied abortions are in a small and ever-decreasing minority. Only one in six people agree with the status quo for abortion laws.
"Not only do a huge majority of people in Northern Ireland want to see abortion made available to women and girls in the tragic circumstances of rape, incest or fatal foetal diagnosis, but they also want to see abortion decriminalised for all women."
She added: "Politicians from all parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly should study these poll findings in great detail. What they will find is that voters from all parties – including those who have previously blocked change – want to see a radical overhaul of our inhumane abortion laws."
The poll has been released as Ministers from the Northern Ireland Executive consider whether or not to introduce changes to the law to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
(JP/LM)
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New Poll 'Reveals Public Support' For Abortion Law Change In NI
According to a new poll by Amnesty International, a majority of people in Northern Ireland would like to see a change in the country's abortion laws. Of those surveyed, it has been claimed that almost three-quarters want abortion to be available in cases of rape and incest, and in cases when the foetus will not survive outside the womb (fatal foetal abnormality).Currently, Northern Ireland is the only region in the UK where terminations are banned in such cases.
Amnesty International has said the poll demonstrates an increase in support for access to abortion compared to a similar survey it commissioned two years ago. In 2014, 69% of people in Northern Ireland supported access to abortion in cases of rape; this figure has now increased to 72%. In 2014, 60% of respondents supported access to abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality. This has now risen to 67%.
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Commenting on the figures, Adrianne Peltz, Amnesty International's Northern Ireland Campaigner, said: "These poll findings demonstrate an overwhelming demand for change to Northern Ireland's draconian abortion laws. This is not a small margin of support for women's access to abortion, it's a definitive landslide. Northern Ireland has changed.
"People who think women should be denied abortions are in a small and ever-decreasing minority. Only one in six people agree with the status quo for abortion laws.
"Not only do a huge majority of people in Northern Ireland want to see abortion made available to women and girls in the tragic circumstances of rape, incest or fatal foetal diagnosis, but they also want to see abortion decriminalised for all women."
She added: "Politicians from all parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly should study these poll findings in great detail. What they will find is that voters from all parties – including those who have previously blocked change – want to see a radical overhaul of our inhumane abortion laws."
The poll has been released as Ministers from the Northern Ireland Executive consider whether or not to introduce changes to the law to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
(JP/LM)
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