The UK Government is considering dispensing abortion pills in schools in Northern Ireland.

That’s according to the Catholic Bishops of the North who were responding to a Government consultation on how to implement the North’s new abortion law.

The bishops wrote that they are “completely opposed” to schools being used to dispense abortion pills. They added: “Apart from the obvious health and safety concerns, we object on grounds of medical and social ethics to any school being regarded as an appropriate setting for abortion services. With regard to Catholic Schools, central to our school ethos is the promotion of the dignity and life of every human being. The provision of abortion services in our schools would be contrary to everything a Catholic School stands for with regard to respect for all citizens and the promotion of the common good.”

Last week it was reported that women in the Republic who took abortion pills have presented to hospitals with complications such as bleeding, infection, failed abortion or foetal remains lingering in their womb.