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Fri 03 Mar 2002Belfast court reserves on abortion challengeA legal challenge to abortion regulations in Northern Ireland is really a "radical" bid to have British law on termination rights extended to the province, a Belfast court heard today.Judgment was reserved following a two-day judicial review in the High Court during which both sides poured over the sensitivities surrounding the issue.