What view does Sinn Fein take on abortion in Ireland?
Sinn Féin Assembly group leader, John O’Dowd MLA has said that the party voted to support a DUP motion on the draft guidelines on abortion issued to medical staff by the Department of Health. Speaking after listening carefully to all the contributions to the debate Mr O’Dowd said: “Sinn Féin is not in favour of abortion nor do we believe that the 1967 British Abortion Act should be extended to the Six Counties. Instead all possible means of education and support services should be put in place to prevent crisis pregnancies. “We would not support any attempt to make abortion more widely available but we do accept that health professionals working in this field need clear guidance. “We have been consistent in our approach. When the abortion issue was discussed in the last Assembly Sinn Féin placed on record our very firm opposition to the extension of the British 1967 Act to the north.
