26 terminations carried out in 2015 under Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act

A total of 26 terminations were carried out in 2015 under the provisions of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, a Department of Health report has revealed.

The report, laid before the Oireachtas, states that 14 terminations were carried out because there was a “real and substantial risk” to the life of the woman due to physical illness.

Nine were conducted as an emergency due to an immediate risk to the life of the woman because of physical illness. Another three were performed because there was a “real and substantial risk to the life of the woman arising from suicide intent”.