Other options exist beyond abortion, says support group

A support network for families with terminally ill babies has called for better services for parents whose children are expected to die soon after birth.

Parents with campaign group One Day More yesterday met TDs in Leinster House. They criticised the focus on abortion in the Dáil this week, amid debate on laws for fatal foetal abnormality cases.

Group member Maura O’Riordan said some parents carrying terminally ill unborn babies did not want to help their children die, but help them live to the end of their life.