1885 - The age of consent raised from 12 to 16, 1945 - Child benefit introduced and paid to mothers, 1969 - Divorce Reform Act – divorce now granted on the grounds of ‘irretrievable breakdown’, 1974 - Contraception and family planning advice granted for free on NHS, 1989 - Children’s Act - Protection from abuse and exploitation, 1991 - Rape within marriage becomes illegal, 2014 - Same sex couples can legally get married, 10 years after civil partnerships had been created, 2015 - Parental leave can now be shared between both couples over a year and both are entitled to pay, 2019 - Abortion is legalised in Northern Ireland,

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