<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Same-sex marriage">Same-sex marriage</a> is legalised, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abortion">abortion</a> is decriminalised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> as a result of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> not being restored.<sup about="#mwt80" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_22#cite_note-12" id="mwASU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASY">[12]</span></a></sup>
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