Zones needed to protect doctors and patients from protesters, says Irish council for GPs
The Irish Times
Members of the professional and training body for GPs have called for the provision of safe access zones for all patients attending their family doctor.
Members at the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) annual general meeting also agreed that a report be commissioned into how the organisation dealt with issues raised by members about the abortion legislation introduced last January.
The issue has been highly divisive for the ICGP; dozens of mostly anti-abortion doctors walked out of an extraordinary general meeting of the college held last December, in protest over procedures. . . [Full text]