A momentous day for reproductive rights in NI. The wall of silence surrounding abortion has been demolished. We must never go back #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised https://informingchoicesni.org/22-october-2019 
Our Board of Trustees have reflected on what today means to them. Our chairperson, Dr Audrey Simpson, led the first ever legal challenge into the provision of abortion services in NI #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised https://informingchoicesni.org/decriminalisation
Going forward our Treasurer @dawnpurvis wants to see services that are women centred and accessible free from harassment #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised https://informingchoicesni.org/advocacy 
Our Secretary, Mary Crawford, has been involved in the pro-choice movement for decades and describes the personal attacks she has received. CHOICE is the neutral position #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised @commonyouth_
Our vice chair, Professor Bill Rolston, was involved with the NI Abortion Law Reform Association in the 1980s & 90s and discusses the changes in pro-choice activism #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised
Georgie McCormick was instrumental in setting up our pregnancy choices counselling service. She says women have always seen abortion as a choice. That choice will now be held safely and legally #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised
Today is vindication for long and hard fought for abortion rights says @GTeggart who has been campaigning for change at Westminster and through the courts #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised @AmnestyNI
The leader of @GreenPartyNI says she hopes that never again does she need to give information to people who can't get it from their GPs #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised #AbortionIsHealthcare @ClareBaileyGPNI
Lorna Smith has provided pregnancy counselling for 20 years. If you are considering abortion, or wish to discuss a previous pregnancy experience in confidence - including accessing abortion pills online - you can make an appointment with us #TheNorthIsNow https://informingchoicesni.org/counselling 
The law in NI made women feel isolated, judged and placed them at risk emotionally, physically and financially says @hevs153 who was the Counselling Services Coordinator for FPA NI #TheNorthIsNow #Decriminalised https://informingchoicesni.org/pregnancy-choices-counselling
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