{"id":9600,"date":"2019-06-25T17:31:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T00:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2019-09-21T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T00:39:51","slug":"minister-criticised-for-big-gaps-in-abortion-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9600","title":{"rendered":"Minister criticised for big gaps in abortion services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The Irish Independent<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Eilish O&#8217;Regan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            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.\n        <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            It means women are facing long journeys depending on where they live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            Doctors at St Luke&#8217;s Hospital in Kilkenny wrote to GPs last week saying its four obstetricians &#8220;decided unanimously that the hospital is not an appropriate location for medical or surgical terminations&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             &#8220;We are having difficulties which centre around not only the issues of conscientious objection but also facilities,&#8221; said consultant obstetrician Professor Ray O&#8217;Sullivan. . . 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Doctors at St Luke&#8217;s Hospital in Kilkenny wrote to GPs last week saying its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9600\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Minister criticised for big gaps in abortion services&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,41,9],"tags":[3783,3781],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ireland","category-news","tag-ray-osullivan","tag-st-lukes-hospital-kilkenny-ireland"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Minister criticised for big gaps in abortion services - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9600\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister criticised for big gaps in abortion services - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Irish Independent Eilish O&#8217;Regan 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. 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