Two women, known as A and B, challenged the legality of the Secretary of State for Health’s failure to provide abortion services to women from Northern Ireland free on the NHS in England. They were a mother and a daughter, who travelled to England when the daughter became pregnant, aged 15, to get an abortion at a private clinic for £900.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court dismissed their appeals by a majority of three to two.
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