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Cabinet approves legislation that will pave way to safe-access zones

The Cabinet has approved legislation that will see safe-access zones set up outside facilities that provide abortion services. The exclusion zones will be established within 100 metres of all healthcare facilities that currently provides or can ...

27 Jul 2022 at 15:22

National News

Minister wants safe abortion access zones legislation enacted this year

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he wants to see legislation on setting up safe access zones outside facilities that provide abortion services become enacted this year. Under the proposed laws, anti-abortion protesters could be fined ...

27 Jul 2022 at 12:22

National News

UK govt takes further action in bid to deliver Northern Ireland abortion services

The UK Government has taken further legislative action in a bid to ensure the full delivery of abortion services in Northern Ireland. Abortion laws in the region were liberalised in 2019 following laws passed by Westminster at a time when ...

19 May 2022 at 12:54

‘Threat of criminal sanctions’ hangs over medical practitioners who provide abortion services

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‘Threat of criminal sanctions’ hangs over medical abortion providers

The threat of criminal sanctions hangs over medical practitioners who provide abortion services in Ireland, politicians have been told. Alison Spillane, a senior policy and research officer at the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA),...

27 Apr 2022 at 14:14

National News

Family planning group wants 'flaws' in Irish abortion laws to be addressed in review

The Irish Family Planning Association has called for “robustness and rigour” in a review of the State’s abortion laws. It comes as the Government confirmed it has appointed barrister Marie O’Shea as the independent chair of the review ...

26 Jan 2022 at 18:31

National News

Varadkar questioned on 'the point' of abortion law review if it does not examine policy

The Tánaiste has been asked if he trusts the women of Ireland amid calls for a review of the country's abortion law. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced on Wednesday that a scheduled review of the law would look at its ...

09 Dec 2021 at 15:50

National News

Large crowd gathers for anti-abortion demonstration in Dublin

A large crowd gathered for an anti-abortion demonstration in Dublin city, which organisers said was to call for alternatives to abortion to be included in an ongoing review into Ireland’s new laws. An independent review into ...

20 Sept 2022 at 11:54

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Lack of Irish abortion providers must be addressed, says rights group

The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) is calling on the government to tackle the refusal of abortion services by GPs and maternity hospitals. According to the ARC website, 90% of GPs and half of maternity hospitals refuse to ...

21 Sept 2021 at 13:25

National News

Number of Irish women and girls travelling to Great Britain for abortions rising

More than 200 women and girls travelled to Great Britain for abortions last year, an increase compared to 2020, the latest figures show. The figures show that 206 women and girls, with address in the Republic of Ireland, ...

21 Jun 2022 at 13:17

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‘Threat of criminal sanctions’ hangs over medical abortion providers

01 May 2022 at 00:12

National News

Abortion services available 'within weeks' if Stormont doesn't act - Northern Ire secretary

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has said he will move to commission abortion services in the region “within weeks” if Stormont does not. Mr Lewis said he has both a moral and legal duty to act if there ...

26 May 2022 at 12:15

National News

Donnelly says three-day wait ‘understood’ by abortion referendum voters

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said those who voted in the referendum campaign to reform Ireland’s abortion legislation understood it would include a three-day wait for services. An independent ...

26 Apr 2023 at 14:45

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