Even if this does not happen, it is to be hoped that
a single equality Act, which is likely to be one of the options canvassed in the green paper, will be able to iron out the anomalies that have already arisen between the treatment of the three older discrimination strands in this context.
But the state Assembly went ahead and approved a previous version of the women's
equality act that includes the abortion provision, plus the nine other measures, in one
single bill.