Anti-right failure in his crusade against abortion …

Abortion and same-sex marriage are finally legal in Northern Ireland, after anti-right MPs failed yesterday in their attempt to block access to these rights, approved this year by UK lawmakers in London . The maneuver of the third of the representatives of the Norwegian body was aimed at preventing the entry into force of the rules, which – because of the paralysis of local institutions – will start to be applied in the country from the first minute d & # 39; aujourd & # 39; hui.

Local parliamentarians who have tried to block rights largely belong to the ultra-conservative Democrat-Unionist Party (DUP), led by former regional government leader Arlene Foster.

Without a regional executive since January 2017 as a result of a political-financial scandal, the province of Northern Ireland has all its paralyzed autonomous institutions and its current affairs are managed from London. Last July, taking advantage of the institutional blockade, British Westminster MPs approved amendments to extend to the province, if no government was formed before October 21, the right to abortion and marriage between persons of the same nationality. sex

The amendments are necessary for legality, because unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, where abortion is allowed since 1967, this practice is illegal in Northern Ireland, with the exception of pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother. The legislative situation of equal marriage has suffered the same fate: it is a practice prohibited in the province and allowed in the rest of the country.

The deadline set for October 21 by British legislators in London to extend both rights to the province was the deadline set for the formation of a local executive. If, to date, London parliamentarians had not yet been trained, they arranged the amendment so that the rights would not be restricted in Northern Ireland. But a group of MPs supported by anti-law organizations and ecclesiastical institutions will return to Parliament, eager to form a government.

However, while only 30 of the 90 legislators would resume their work, opposition MPs were convinced that the parliamentary session would not have any concrete effects but would be a symbolic gesture, since Election of a prime minister and deputy prime minister – and power block the decision made by London – multi-party support was needed.

Republican Party leader Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill, whose MPs boycotted the session, called the event a "new political coup". "They will discuss issues they can not do anything about. In my opinion, he is dishonest with the population, "he said.

It seems that "they are doing it only to try to deprive women and LGBTs of the rights they have guaranteed in the rest of the UK," said Trevor Lunn, a member of the Centrist Alliance Alliance, who said accused lawmakers back to Parliament on Monday to carry out "a farce".

Love Equality, a women's rights advocacy organization, staged a protest in front of Parliament, which included "a banquet, speeches and photo shoots with a wedding cake, flowers and balloons" for the defense of women. the equality of marriage. Last night, homosexual couples gathered in Belfast to demand compliance with the law approved in London, which now claims to be rejected by about thirty local MPs.