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Why I broke the law to have an abortion in Northern Ireland - BBC Newsnight
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7:49Now PlayingIn Northern Ireland abortion is illegal. The 1967 Abortion Act does not extend to that part of the United Kingdom. So anyone who performs an illegal termination could be jailed for life. But some women in Northern Ireland are defying the law by buying pills online to bring on a termination. One such woman, Suzanne Lee, spoke to Kirsty Wark, together with Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford.
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