Update: Board of Coombe Hospital have 'no role whatsoever' in approving an abortion

A woman who has learned her foetus has a fatal foetal abnormality has been denied an abortion, according to two TDs.

Update: Board of Coombe Hospital have 'no role whatsoever' in approving an abortion

A woman who has learned her foetus has a fatal foetal abnormality has been denied an abortion, according to two TDs.

Ruth Coppinger and Brid Smith told the Dáil they had been contacted by the woman, who says this is not what she voted for in last year's abortion referendum.

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