People Before Profit has defeated the Government in a Dáil vote calling for wider access to abortion after coalition TDs were given a free vote.
The party tabled a Bill to Amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability.
It also called for the three-day waiting period in between when a woman requests a termination and is given the medication to be abolished, as well as allowing for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that is likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth.
