N Ireland Stormont Assembly Reconvenes To Discuss Abortion Rights And Gay Marriage

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - OCTOBER 21: SDLP leader Colum Eastwood holds a press conference in Stormonts great hall after walking out of the propsed debate on abortion laws on October 21, 2019 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Legislation brought in by MPs at Westminster in the absence of the Northern Ireland power sharing executive meant that abortion will be decriminalised in the province unless the executive reconvened by the 21st of October. A last ditch attempt by the Democratic Unionist party led by Arlene Foster to block the imminent changers to Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws failed today due to the lack of cross party involvement at Stormont. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)