Northern Ireland may share the same time as the rest of the United Kingdom but their calendar seems decades behind ours but they finally moved a bit closer to the rest of the civilised world by law changes to allow abortion and same sex marriage.
It has been the ultra religious DUP who had tried to hold up matters and failed in a last ditch attempt to block the legislation but it serves as a constant reminder that religion has held sway over Northern Ireland for far too long and bought nothing but misery with it.
Over 3500 women each year made the trip from Ireland to England to undergo an abortion but the UK government have confirmed a framework for legal abortion services in Northern Ireland will be in place by 31 March 2020.
Same-sex marriage regulations will be made no later than 13 January 2020 but it is a great day for the people of Northern Ireland and yet another chink has been removed from the religious ruling peoples lives.
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