70% drop in crisis pregnancy help

There has been a drop of almost 70% in the number of women accessing crisis pregnancy counselling in Ireland over the last 10 years.

In 2004, more than 9,000 women attended the crisis pregnancy counselling services. In 2015, that number had dropped to less than 3,000.

As a result of these findings, the HSE is carrying out a full review of the national service, which is due for publication in January.