{"id":2081,"date":"2023-04-05T14:39:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/health-minister-must-immediately-publish-concerning-review-of-abortion-services\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:31","slug":"health-minister-must-immediately-publish-concerning-review-of-abortion-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/health-minister-must-immediately-publish-concerning-review-of-abortion-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister Must Immediately Publish Concerning Review Of Abortion Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>It is unacceptable that we are learning about these major deficiencies in our abortion service via leaks to the media<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Stephen Donnelly must immediately publish a review into abortion services which has found it could \u201ccollapse\u201d at any moment, according to Social Democrats Health Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA leaked copy of a review into abortion services, published in the Irish Times today, has stated the system is \u201cnot sustainable\u201d and could \u201ccollapse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe review has highlighted serious issues related to the inequitable postcode lottery that exists around the country when women try to access abortion services. A lack of consistency in the interpretation of guidance on conscientious objection is also raised as a concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe author of the review, Dr Deirdre Duffy, states there are documented cases of women \u201ctiming out\u201d of access to abortion services because of a lack of staff and facilities. This should be a matter of grave concern for the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also notable that there is said to be \u201coutright confusion\u201d about the number of GPs who are actually providing abortion services. Last year, it was revealed that only 10pc of GPs were providing the service \u2013 but we don\u2019t know if this number has decreased further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlarmingly, when it comes to life and death situations \u2013 in which abortion is sanctioned on the grounds of a risk to the life of a woman or serious harm \u2013 there is further confusion about pathways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the review there is no stable pathway for access under this ground \u2013 despite this ground of access being available to women for decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unacceptable that we are learning about these major deficiencies in our abortion service via leaks to the media. The Minister has the completed review on his desk. He must now publish it immediately \u2013 and advise on how he intends to remedy these major problems with the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia report last week had suggested a new Oireachtas committee may be established to examine the review. This would be an exercise in delay and time wasting. The Health Committee is long established and ready to take up the job of analysing this review, if needs be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>April 3, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unacceptable that we are learning about these major deficiencies in our abortion service via leaks to the media Health Minister Stephen Donnelly must immediately publish a review into abortion services which has found it could \u201ccollapse\u201d at any moment, according to Social Democrats Health Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cA leaked copy of a review [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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