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13/06/2014
In 2013, 3,679 women travelled to Britain for a termination. The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has said this is a fall of 7.6% on 2012's figures.
Commenting on the report, the association said the findings are a "modern indictment" of Ireland's treatment of women with unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.
IFPA CEO Niall Behan explained: "At least 3,679 women from the Republic of Ireland were forced to travel to the UK last year to access a safe and legal abortion because they are denied these necessary health services in their own country.
"Every day our clients tell us about their experiences of being abandoned by the Irish health care system and forced to rely on the services of another country.
"Since 1980, over 158,252 women have had to make the journey to the UK to access abortion. These women are not criminals but the law treats them as such because they are seeking a service that is illegal in almost every circumstance in Ireland.
"The criminalisation of abortion does not deter women from seeking an abortion but it does act as a barrier to receiving care. Abortion is the only other area of health where the Government can ignore its duty of care and shift the onus of seeking services onto women."
He added: "It is long past time to change our stigmatising and discriminatory laws and provide access to safe and legal abortion in Ireland."
The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) provides pregnancy counselling and post-abortion services to more than 1,500 clients each year.
(JP)
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Fall In Number Of Irish Women Attending UK Abortion Clinics
The number of Irish women attending abortion clinics fell last year, according to new statistics published by the UK's Department of Health.In 2013, 3,679 women travelled to Britain for a termination. The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) has said this is a fall of 7.6% on 2012's figures.
Commenting on the report, the association said the findings are a "modern indictment" of Ireland's treatment of women with unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.
IFPA CEO Niall Behan explained: "At least 3,679 women from the Republic of Ireland were forced to travel to the UK last year to access a safe and legal abortion because they are denied these necessary health services in their own country.
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"Every day our clients tell us about their experiences of being abandoned by the Irish health care system and forced to rely on the services of another country.
"Since 1980, over 158,252 women have had to make the journey to the UK to access abortion. These women are not criminals but the law treats them as such because they are seeking a service that is illegal in almost every circumstance in Ireland.
"The criminalisation of abortion does not deter women from seeking an abortion but it does act as a barrier to receiving care. Abortion is the only other area of health where the Government can ignore its duty of care and shift the onus of seeking services onto women."
He added: "It is long past time to change our stigmatising and discriminatory laws and provide access to safe and legal abortion in Ireland."
The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) provides pregnancy counselling and post-abortion services to more than 1,500 clients each year.
(JP)
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