Q&A with Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Downs concerns and claims are misleading

The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has issued information which it says will provide “factual background” to the debate around the proposal to repeat the Eighth Amendment.

The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has issued information which it says will provide “factual background” to the debate around the proposal to repeat the Eighth Amendment.

The move comes in the wake of politicians such as Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan and Independent senator Rónán Mullen raising concerns that allowing terminations up to 12 weeks would increase the rate of abortion among foetuses with Down syndrome and other disabilities.