The Irish Independent
Major gaps in hospital-based abortion services have been highlighted in several parts of the country, six months after the law on terminations was liberalised.
It means women are facing long journeys depending on where they live.
Doctors at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny wrote to GPs last week saying its four obstetricians “decided unanimously that the hospital is not an appropriate location for medical or surgical terminations”.
“We are having difficulties which centre around not only the issues of conscientious objection but also facilities,” said consultant obstetrician Professor Ray O’Sullivan. . . [Full Text]