Leading hospital says it will comply with abortion legislation

The Mater hospital has over-ruled a leading board member who insisted the facility would not comply with Ireland’s abortion laws.

Fr Kevin Doran had last month claimed the facility would flout the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.

Under the law, the Mater has been named as one of 25 “appropriate institutions” where abortions can take place in order to save the life of the mother.