'Postcode lottery' abortion services remain five years after repeal 

Labour councillor Emma Cutlip with an airplane prop highlighting the fact women are still forced to travel for abortion care at the National Women’s Council photocall outside Leinster House ahead of the fifth anniversary of the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins 

Eight out of 19 maternity hospitals in Ireland are still not providing  abortion care “in line with the law", according to the National Women’s Council (NWC).

The council said there was abundant evidence that significant legal barriers to abortion access remain, despite the repealing of the Eighth Amendment five years ago.