The mandatory three-day wait between seeing a doctor and accessing abortion care is “inappropriate", "patronising" and “paternalistic”, a top doctor has said.
A woman has 12 weeks to terminate her pregnancy but is required by law to attend two doctors’ appointments with a buffer period in between.
An anonymised analysis of early abortion in 2021, from the Irish Family Planning Association showed 97.5% of people still went ahead with abortion care after the three-day gap.
