<p class="text-align-justify">As per the Abortion Act 1967, abortion is legal in the UK if two doctors agree that the pregnancy poses a higher risk to a life of the woman than discontinuation; if it prevents harm to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; and if the infant is delivered with a serious mental or physical abnormality.<br />
Northern Ireland was not covered by the Act. Until 2019, the country had one of Europe's most stringent and punitive abortion regulations. The legislation was amended to enable abortion by the UK Parliament's Northern Ireland Act 2019 as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly's non-functioning status in 2019.&nbsp;</p>
