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		</div><p>Campaign groups and union leaders have called on the British Prime Minister to give a &#8220;categoric assurance&#8221; that women&#8217;s rights and access to abortion will not be used in any trade-off with the DUP. A letter to Theresa May urges her not to &#8220;turn the clock back&#8221;, or to turn her back on the women of the North.</p>
<p>Signatories to the letter include the Fawcett Society, TUC, Royal College of Midwives and British Pregnancy Advisory Service. The letter says: &#8220;We are writing to seek a categorical assurance from you that you will not allow women&#8217;s rights and, in particular, women&#8217;s access to abortion to be used in any kind of trade-off with the Democratic Unionist Party.</p>
<p>&#8220;We would strongly oppose any proposal to re-open the issue of time-limits or to in any way restrict women&#8217;s access to abortion. &#8220;As you will know, unlike elsewhere in the UK, abortion is only permitted in Northern Ireland if a woman&#8217;s life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health.</p>
<p>&#8220;As a result, women in Northern Ireland are forced to travel to another part of the UK in order to access the same abortion services as women in the rest of the UK. &#8220;This affects hundreds of women each year. Only those who can afford to travel and pay for treatment &#8211; as, despite being UK taxpayers, women resident in Northern Ireland are currently not entitled to NHS funded abortion care in England &#8211; can do so.&#8221;</p>
<p>The letter adds that the UK is a pro-choice country which supports a woman&#8217;s right to choose.</p>
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