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Three-day abortion wait must be removed
No health-related reasons have been shown for the imposition of the mandatory waiting period
As a religious teen, I was against abortion. But even I could see the flaws in the logic
There is a middle ground between effective altruism and what is really a very niche fixation on the welfare of blastocysts, embryos and foetuses
If we’re going to listen to women, we need to listen to all women
The three-day wait protects the essential time needed in a way that voluntary waiting periods do not
Removing three-day wait would lead to rise in ‘already massive’ number of abortions, GP says
Dr Kirsten Fuller claims the ‘majority’ of GPs don’t agree that abortion is a form of healthcare
Three-day abortion wait adds ‘unnecessary barriers’ to care, campaigners say
Speakers at March for Choice in Dublin call on the Government to improve timely access to abortion services
Three-day abortion wait hits women in ‘straitened circumstances’ hardest, HSE says
HSE experts also told TDs there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ against mandatory waiting periods
Oireachtas committee to hear no clinical reason for retaining three-day abortion wait
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Bill to remove three-day abortion wait likely to pass despite division in Government
The Bill has drawn an uncomfortable binary line between Government leaders and their respective backbenchers.
Fine Gael TD compares three-day abortion wait to duration of hangover during committee debate
Fine Gael TD for Galway East Peter Roche was one of several Coalition TDs who spoke against proposal to lift three-day wait
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Former Supreme Court judge Hugh O’Flaherty dies aged 88
O’Flaherty was one of five judges who decided the so-called X case, which established the right to abortion if woman’s life was at risk
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Abortion numbers fall to 10,600 during 2025, says Department of Health report
Majority of procedures carried out in early pregnancy under 12 weeks with medication made available from GPs
Almost two-thirds of women who had hospital abortion were previously pregnant, analysis shows
Report states provision of abortion has evolved and is now largely viewed as a routine and normal part of healthcare
An irony in attitudes to abortion Bill and timing
Undue haste is dangerous, reflection vital in matters of life and death
Go-slow or proper scrutiny? The divide over Bill scrapping three-day wait for abortion
Proponents say proposal has had plenty of examination - but opponents may play for time
Hare coursing should not need to be debated, just ended
If ever there was a case for a conscience vote in the Dáil, this is it
TDs seek extra scrutiny of Bill removing three-day wait for abortion over fear of backlash
Some Government TDs argue at Oireachtas health committee that pushing Bill through rapidly could cause divisions
Harris meets finance influencers, the three-day abortion wait and the hottest day ever?
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The three-day wait, and condescension towards women seeking abortions
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What does division over abortion within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael mean for Government?
Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
Abortion services Bill has strengthened case for conscience-based voting, Tánaiste says
‘It was my expressed wish that members of my party would vote in the way they wished on this issue,’ said Simon Harris
What would scrapping the three-day wait for abortion mean for pregnant women?
Greatest effect would be for women who, for various complex reasons, seek an abortion close to the end of their first trimester
Sinn Féin Bill on abortion services passes crucial Dáil vote with help of Ministers
Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access
With abortion reform looking likely, Sinn Féin seems set to achieve rare feat
Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant
Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health to back SF Bill ending mandatory three-day abortion wait
Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’
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Mandatory abortion waiting periods do not create compassion, they create extra distress
Women facing fatal foetal diagnoses have almost always reflected extensively before presenting for care. These are not casual decisions
Abortion is the only healthcare service on which the law imposes a waiting period
The mandatory waiting period is an unacceptable, demeaning and patronising
We only talk about access to abortion – never the reasons why women choose it
Abortion allows society to shrug its shoulders - towards the children of unplanned pregnancies but also to systemic pressures, from the housing crisis to the cost of living
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Dáil rejects Social Democrats abortion reform Bill
Two Government Ministers abstain while three backbenchers support move to committee stage
Here’s an answer to the question that seemed to mystify ‘pro-life’ demonstrators
Though it’s none of their business
Bill to end three-day ‘cooling off’ period for access to abortion introduced by Sinn Féin
Second Bill introduced in past month on issue after March for Life rally hit out at left-wing parties’ attempts to ‘remove safeguards’
Hundreds attend anti-abortion rally in Dublin
Public urged at March for Life rally to elect more TDs who oppose abortion
Bill introduced to abolish ‘patronising and paternalistic’ three-day abortion wait period
Social Democrats say ‘cooling off period’ lacks scientific basis
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‘You can buy Viagra over the counter’: Bill to abolish three-day abortion wait introduced
Ruth Coppinger says 72-hour delay ‘does not apply to any other medical procedure that we have in law’
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Officials feared Irish women travelling for abortion could be prosecuted on return
In wake of X case and 1992 referendum, fresh restrictions - including injunctions on travel - caused concern
Dáil votes by narrow margin not to restore abortion Bill that ends three-day wait for termination
Legislation passed second stage in previous Dáil but TDs decided by 73 to 71 to reject Bill
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancy
Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted
Anna McPartlin: ‘The Kerry Babies case marked the moment Irish women had enough of the patriarchy’
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