Health

Government needs ‘courage’ to make changes to abortion laws, barrister says

Among Marie O’Shea’s recommendations is the removal of a mandatory three-day waiting period between a woman’s initial medical consultation and her being given access to abortion treatment or medication

  • May 31, 2023
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheál Martin welcomed O’Shea’s work but both expressed caution around moving to significantly change the legal framework that people believed would be implemented when they voted in the referendum. Picture: Getty