Review recommends removal of mandatory three-day wait for abortion services

It said the Department of Health should amend the legislation to acknowledge it may be difficult to predict whether a termination would avert the risk to a woman’s life or health (Brian Lawless/PA)

An independent review into Ireland’s abortion legislation has recommended the removal of the current mandatory three-day waiting period between the certification of a termination of pregnancy and the procedure taking place.

It said this should be replaced with a statutory right of a woman to a reflection period which she may exercise at her own reflection.