Controversial documentary shows reality of abortion

IRISH viewers got a stark insight into how an abortion is performed when Channel 4 screened its controversial documentary My Foetus last night.

The programme a first for a British broadcaster showed an abortion performed by vacuum pump at a Marie Stopes clinic on a woman four weeks pregnant.

Viewers also saw pictures of foetuses aborted at 10 weeks and 21 weeks, when limbs and a face can clearly be seen.