Irish Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Clinics ‘shunned’ over abortion legislation meetings

Ellen Coyne, Senior Ireland Reporter
September 27 2018

Non-profit women’s health clinics have expressed frustration amid claims that they have been left out of plans to provide access to abortion in Ireland.

The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) and the Well Woman Centre have indicated that they have the expertise to provide abortions at up to nine weeks’ gestation. They have not been included, however, in meetings between the Department of Health and medical experts preparing for the legalisation of abortion next January.

Continued: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clinics-shunned-over-abortion-legislation-meetings-0c0663kmj

Plan to draw up clinical guidelines to introduce abortion services
GP bodies and medical groups will be involved in consultation process, says Minister

May 29, 2018
Kevin O'Sullivan

Moves to draw up clinical guidelines for the introduction of abortion services will begin on Tuesday through a consultation process with GP bodies and medical organisations, Minister for Health Simon Harris has confirmed.

In tandem with this, Mr Harris said he wanted to make sure “medication that up to now has been illegal in Ireland can be now used in a safe, regulated and legal manner”.

Continued: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum/plan-to-draw-up-clinical-guidelines-to-introduce-abortion-services-1.3511819

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