A high court just called Northern Ireland's abortion ban 'incompatible with human rights'

Northern Ireland's abortion ban -- which applies to cases of rape, incest, and fatal fetal abnormalities -- is "incompatible with human rights," a high court judge ruled Monday. Unlike the rest of the U.K., the region only permits abortions in cases where the woman's life or health is seriously threatened, The New York Times reports. "She has to face all the dangers and problems, emotional or otherwise, of carrying a fetus for which she bears no moral responsibility and is merely a receptacle to...