Half of counties have fewer than 10 GPs offering abortion services

Amy Dunne, the woman at the centre of the controversial Miss D case in 2007 outside the Dáil today. Picture: Moya Nolan

Half of the counties in Ireland have fewer than 10 GPs offering abortion services and only four have “well-developed” networks, the National Women’s Council has found.

Information provided by the HSE, published today at an event in Dublin marking four years since the repeal of the 8th Amendment, shows “a rural divide” when it comes to access. Provision is strong in Cork, Galway and Dublin but “much less developed” in other areas.