Shock revelation that a NI 12-year-old victim of sexual assault had to travel to England under police escort for an abortion #BBCNolan

MPs have been told that a 12-year-old victim of sexual assault in Northern Ireland had to travel to England under police escort for an abortion. That's the shocking revelation from Dawn Purvis, the former director of the Marie Stopes pregnancy advice service in Belfast. She was giving evidence to the Commons Women and Equalities Committee during its hearing on Northern Ireland's abortion law. Ms Purvis said that an officer had also seized samples from the procedure as evidence.

It has again raised the issue of access to abortion services here and how we help women and children, in this case, who have unwanted pregnancies. 

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