Controversy after woman convicted for inducing miscarriage using drugs bought online

Once again, abortion law in Northern Ireland is back in the spotlight. A young woman who bought drugs on the internet to induce a miscarriage has been given a suspended prison sentence at a Belfast Court. A defence lawyer told the judge if the case had happened anywhere else in the UK, the woman would not have been prosecuted. She received a three-month jail term, which was suspended for two years. Anti-abortion group Precious Life has branded the sentence as 'lenient'. But campaigners for abortion law reform have condemned the prosecution. Enda was joined by Goretti Horgan from the group Alliance For Choice, and Marion Woods from the organisation Life NI