A recent decision by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court is being hailed by pro-life leaders for protecting the unborn in Northern Ireland. The UK’s high court ruled June 14 that women in Northern Ireland, which bans abortion (except for the health of the woman), may not travel to England or elsewhere in the UK to receive the murderous procedure under the UK’s “free” National Health Service (NHS).

According to the UK’s Independent newspaper, the ruling was made in a 2012 case involving a 15-year-old girl who traveled with her mother from Northern Ireland to Manchester, England to receive an abortion provided under NHS guidelines. However, because the girl was from Northern Ireland, where abortion is illegal, they were told they…