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, and the Department of Health in the UK, 25,000 abortions have been performed on Irish women in England and Wales in the last five years alone.
The recently released figures also includes the number of girls under the age of 16 who had traveled for abortions, revealing that 152 young girls from the Republic and 69 under-16s from the north of Ireland had found themselves on a boat or airplane to the UK for a termination in the last five years.
As well as the psychological stress, having to travel to the UK for a termination can cost a women anything from £400 to £1,500 for the treatment alone, with travel and potential accommodation costs on top of this. Currently, abortions are only available in Northern Ireland if a woman’s life is at risk or if there is a risk of a serious long-term effect on her physical or mental health. In the Republic, as we know, abortion is currently illegal, except in circumstances where there is a real and substantial risk to a mother’s life.incompatible with human rights law
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