{"id":8963,"date":"2019-01-11T16:58:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T00:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8963"},"modified":"2019-04-11T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T00:07:55","slug":"abortion-in-ireland-four-weeks-in-hows-it-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8963","title":{"rendered":"Abortion in Ireland: Four weeks in, how\u2019s it working?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abortion has been legal in Ireland for almost a month, yet uncertainties and problems persist <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Irish Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\"> Jennifer Bray <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Next week will mark one month since the introduction of general abortion services for the first time in the history of the Irish State. In the final weeks of 2018, there were dire warnings from senior medics and family doctors that the January 1st deadline was being \u201crushed\u201d and was \u201cdangerously unrealistic\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only nine maternity hospitals were ready to provide full access to abortion care, with the remaining 10 expected to come on board shortly. Some 240 general practitioners have now signed up to the service. Despite the less than comprehensive level of access, abortions are now happening across the country in hospitals and in general practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in the short time since the enactment of the law, some serious concerns have emerged. . . 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