That's according to Barrister Marie O'Shea who carried out an independent review of Ireland's termination laws, who recommends it should be optional
There's no medical or legal reason for a three-day wait period to access abortion services.
The Oireachtas Health Committee is looking at whether the current laws need to be changed - five years on from when the Repeal referendum gave TDs and Senators the power to make laws. "66.4% of those who voted in favor of Repeal of the eighth Amendment were people who would've been influenced by the scope of the proposed regulations.
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