Rise in seizures of abortion pills ‘shows need to enact vote’
Sean Pollock
November 18 2018
The number of abortion pills seized by the Health and Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has risen by 57% in the last year.
Figures released by the HPRA show that 644 pills were confiscated between January and September. Some 409 pills were seized during the same period last year, and the total for 2017 was 487.
Here's the number of abortion pills seized in Ireland in the past 10 years
“There is a risk when you buy anything from an unknown source that you simply do not know what you are getting.”
Apr 2, 2018
MORE THAN 6,000 abortion pills have been seized in Ireland over the past 10 years.
The use of abortion pills in Ireland has become a major point in the debate on whether Ireland should liberalise its abortion laws: the chair of the Citizens’ Assembly said that in retrospect it should have spent more time discussing abortion pills.
Because abortion is illegal in Ireland (unless there’s a serious risk to the woman’s life) it’s difficult to get a clear picture of how often abortion pills are ordered online by Irish women from countries where they’re legal.
Continued: http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-pill-use-in-ireland-3892752-Apr2018/
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