'No one else should decide': Campaigner calls for scrapping of three-day abortion wait

Shaneda Daly has previously spoken publicly about becoming pregnant as a teenager as a result of years of abuse and has campaigned on issues affecting survivors of sexual violence.

Shaneda Daly has previously spoken publicly about becoming pregnant as a teenager as a result of years of abuse and has campaigned on issues affecting survivors of sexual violence.

“It's already traumatic enough for a woman to go to the doctor to request an abortion. It's not an easy thing to decide."

Those are the words of abuse survivor Shaneda Daly, who has called for Ireland's three-day abortion waiting period to be scrapped.

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