london attempt change law northern ireland allow abortions case rape incest serious malformation fetus start uk supreme court tuesday harrow account women experience socially conservative province catholic protestant faiths exert strong influence northern ireland allow abortion mother life danger penalty undergo perform unlawful abortion life imprisonment result women face tragic circumstances pregnancy result rape diagnosis fatal fetal abnormality mean baby survive outside womb force carry pregnancies term impact criminal law northern ireland amount inhuman degrade treatment state say nathalie lieven lead counsel northern ireland human right commission spearhead legal action commission independent body launch legal action northern ireland government 2014 argue law violate human right women girls case work way court ever since panel seven supreme court judge london hear arguments propose change three-day hear give judgment late date lieven begin give judge overview detail evidence provide several women girls one ashleigh topley tell four-and-a-half months pregnant 2013 baby limbs grow go die topley tell nothing do carry pregnancy baby die inside womb go labor would cause baby die topley endure 15 weeks anguish pregnancy progress describe people would ask first child want boy girl well-meaning question exacerbate suffer end topley go labor 35 weeks baby girl heart stop case describe judge include girl 13 years old pregnant result sexual abuse relative police social service get involve distraught girl take outside northern ireland first time life abortion northern ireland elect assembly vote change abortion laws february 2016. law far less restrictive rest unite kingdom hundreds northern irish women travel england every year unwanted pregnancies terminate well party case court hear organizations support change law humanists uk amnesty international unite nations work group discrimination women also hear group oppose reform catholic bishops province society protection unborn children describe legal action crusade disable baby version story include update detail hear uk supreme court hear attempt change northern ireland abortion law