Cheaper air fares encouraging ‘abortion refugees’, says agency

CHEAPER air fares are encouraging more Irish women to travel to Britain for abortions. One of the preferred destinations is Liverpool where hotels organise package deals for those who need to stay overnight.

The women are known as “abortion refugees”, according to Audrey Simpson, the director of the Family Planning Association of Northern Ireland.

A survey carried out by the association showed more than 3,000 women travel to Liverpool from Ireland every year for a private abortion, 2,000 from the South and 1,000 from the North.