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Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
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↵(See, for example, the last edition at Wilson C, Brannan S, Sheather JC, et al Ethics briefing Journal of Medical Ethics 2019;45:684–686.)
↵Ibid.
↵Northern Ireland Office. Guidance for healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland on abortion law and terminations of pregnancy in the period 22 October 2019 to 31 March 2020 in relation to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019. Available at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/837166/Guidance_for_the_medical_profession_in_Northern_Ireland.pdf (accessed on 28 October 2019)
↵More information available at www.gov.uk/government/news/central-booking-system-for-ni-women-seeking-an-abortion-in-england (accessed on 28 October 2019)
↵(Anon. Abortion: Mother not guilty of buying daughter pills. BBC Online, 23 October 2019. Available at www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50149729 (accessed on 28 October 2019).
↵ [Judiciary NI. Judicial Communications Office, 1 Thursday 3 October 2019 ‘COURT DELIVERS ABORTION LEGISLATION Judgement: Summary of Judgement’. Available at https://judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decisions/summary-judgment-court-delivers-abortion-legislation-judgment (accessed on 28 October 2019).
↵(Barts NHS Foundation Trust v Raqeeb & Ors [2019] EWHC 2530 (Fam) (03 October 2019). Judgement available at www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/2530.html (accessed on 28 October 2019)
↵Ibid., 186.
↵Ibid., 162.
↵Ibid., 163.
↵Ibid., 186.
↵Anon.Tafida Raqeeb: Brain-damaged girl arrives in Italy. BBC Online, 16 October 2019. Available at www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50068246 (accessed on 28 October 2019).
↵ [‘Detained. How the US built the world’s largest detention centre.’ Guardian online. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/detained-us-largest-immigrant-detention-trump. Accessed 29 October 2019.
↵‘Help’: photos from US migrant detention centres reveal despair and overcrowding as people go a month without showers.’ Independent Online. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/homeland-security-rio-grande-valley-migrants-detention-centre-a8985271.html. Accessed 29 October 2019.
↵Ibid.
↵‘Migrant children held in Texas facility need access to doctors, says attorney. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/08/migrant-children-detention-center-texas-attorney-health-crisis. Accessed 29 Oct 2019.
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