Party leader Peadar Tóibín said Aontú are seeking to ban abortions within 12 weeks where a child may have a disability.
16 Nov 2024
AONTÚ ARE SEEKING a “change in relation to the law on abortion” so that mothers will be prohibited from terminating a pregnancy if a child may have a disability.
Under the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2019 – which gave women in Ireland access to abortion services for the first time – services are available to everyone up to 12 weeks into their pregnancy, with a three-day waiting period.
The law states that terminations can only be carried out after 12 weeks in cases where there is a risk to the life or health of the mother or in cases where doctors determine the foetus will die before birth or 28 days after birth.
Continued: https://www.thejournal.ie/aontu-abortion-law-election-2024-6544427-Nov2024/