'I was left wishing for a worse diagnosis so we could be looked after at home': Concerns about abortion services

Mary Favier, a GP and founder member of Doctors for Choice. Dr Favier was one of the practitioners at the conference raising concerns about the availability of abortion healthcare. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews  

Women who have to go abroad for an abortion for medical reasons feel a similar sense of abandonment as those who went before legislation was changed, a conference on Irish services heard on Friday.

Terminations when fatal fetal anomalies are identified are now allowed under certain criteria. However, researcher Suzie Heaney said a condition may be assessed as ‘not fatal enough’ to be eligible.