Irish Independent
Just half of the country’s 19 maternity units are providing a full abortion service, it emerged yesterday.
It means that some women are more likely to have to travel for the service, despite the new abortion law coming into effect in January.
The HSE said that “work is ongoing with hospital groups to roll out the service in additional maternity hospitals”.
However, a spokeswoman said it has not received any formal complaints about women travelling a long distance or failure to get a referral. . . [Full text]