Letter to the Editor: Abortion sites need exclusion zones

How disappointing it is that the first anniversary of the liberalisation of reproductive rights in Ireland was marked by a ghoulish anti-abortion protest outside the National Maternity Hospital (NMH).

Protestors waved baby coffins and grotesque imagery in the faces of anyone coming in and out of the NMH, without a thought to the effect this could have on people using the maternity service, including grieving parents whose lives might have just been devastated by miscarriage, stillbirth, or a diagnosis of fatal fetal abnormality.