Lack of information remains significant barrier to abortion services

Lack of information remains significant barrier to abortion services

A significant finding in the report is that patients felt they were not properly informed about pain or amount or duration of bleeding they may experience with an early medical abortion.

More than half of people seeking abortions still do not know how to access services and women continue to travel abroad for terminations, new research reveals.

An extensive project, which evaluated people's experiences of abortion services since the repeal of the Eighth Amendment, highlights a substantial lack of public information on abortion.

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