{"id":1721,"date":"2021-11-15T10:34:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/failure-to-appoint-expert-to-review-abortion-law-deeply-concerning\/"},"modified":"2021-11-15T10:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:34:38","slug":"failure-to-appoint-expert-to-review-abortion-law-deeply-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/failure-to-appoint-expert-to-review-abortion-law-deeply-concerning\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure to Appoint Expert To Review Abortion Law Deeply Concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Minister has yet to appoint an independent expert, finalise terms of reference or provide a time-frame for the review<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The failure of the Minister for Health to appoint an independent expert to review the State\u2019s abortion law is deeply concerning, according to Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act, a review of the law must be initiated by January 2022. Despite this, the Minister has yet to appoint an independent expert, finalise terms of reference or provide a time-frame for that review \u2013 with barely six weeks to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly first informed the cabinet that he was commencing a review of the law back in March. It is deeply concerning that, eight months later, this review has yet to begin. It is also alarming that, to date, we have no idea of the kind of independent expert the Minister intends to appoint \u2013 legal or medical \u2013 and no information about the appointment process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State\u2019s abortion law was first commenced in January 2019 and, despite its largely positive impact, a number of problems with its operation have become apparent. These issues predominantly concern access, with research published earlier this year revealing just one in ten GPs were offering abortion services while just 50pc of hospitals offering full abortion services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also know that last year, at the height of the pandemic, nearly 200 women and girls travelled abroad to Britain to access abortion services. It is vital that we examine why these women are travelling abroad and review any unduly restrictive sections of the legislation that may be denying women care in this country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The failure of the Minister to legislate for safe access zones, despite its inclusion in the programme for government, is also deeply concerning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely disappointing that, given the hugely important work this review will have to undertake \u2013 and its significant implications for the lives of women in this country \u2013 that the Minister seems determined to wait until the very last minute to appoint an expert to lead it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>15 November, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister has yet to appoint an independent expert, finalise terms of reference or provide a time-frame for the review The failure of the Minister for Health to appoint an independent expert to review the State\u2019s abortion law is deeply concerning, according to Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns. \u201cUnder section 7 of the Health (Regulation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[296,400,7,399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childcare","category-holly-cairns","category-press-release","category-tds"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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