GPs: For Minister to say we should lead abortion service without consultation is 'an affront to our profession'

The country's biggest organisation representing GPs says it is "outraged" at the lack of consultation over proposals to deliver abortion services, if the Eighth Amendment is repealed.

The Health Minister Simon Harris says he would like to see a GP-led service, but the National Association of General Practitioners says the proposal could raise serious issues, with many of its 2,000 members likely to have ethical objections.