Jim Wells, an Assembly member for the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, has said the country will not be "bullied" into changing its abortion laws. <br /><br />At a counter-protest to a pro-choice demonstration outside Lagansides Courts in Belfast today (May 31), the former deputy speaker said devolution meant Northern Ireland could make its own decisions about access to abortions. <br /><br />He added: "The Assembly discussed this in detail on the 10th of February, 2016, and decided after a lengthy debate that we do not need to change the laws in Northern Ireland. <br /><br />“We’re not going to be bullied or bounced into changing our laws because of what happened in the Irish Republic.”
