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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-northern-ireland-no-2-regulations-2020/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-northern-ireland-no-2-regulations-2020/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/503",
  "legislation_title": "The Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-northern-ireland-no-2-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Severe fetal impairment or fatal fetal abnormality",
  "text": "(1) A registered medical professional may terminate a pregnancy where two registered medical professionals are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that there is a substantial risk that the condition of the fetus is such that—\n(a) the death of the fetus is likely before, during or shortly after birth; or\n(b) if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental impairment as to be seriously disabled.\n(2) In the case of a woman carrying more than one fetus, anything done to terminate the pregnancy as regards a particular fetus is authorised by paragraph (1) only if that paragraph applies in relation to that fetus.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/503/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:30:26.342546+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}