Alliance for Choice commends the staff at Marie Stopes Belfast for providing a vital service, one that should have been provided by the NHS, in very challenging circumstances. Their workplace was picketed daily with staff, volunteer escorts, and clients being subjected to harassment.

It is imperative that we continue our campaign to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland, and support the Repeal the 8th Movement so that people all over this island can have the abortion care they need.