Health Minister Urged To Deal With Anti-Abortion Protests At Hospitals

Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 2:15pm

By Hugh O'Farrell Walsh

It comes following a demonstration of around 100 people outside the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street in Dublin yesterday.

New Years Day marked the first anniversary of abortion services being made available in Ireland.

It's over 18 months since the country voted to repeal the 8th amendment.

Minister and Wicklow TD Simon Harris has said that meetings will take place in the coming weeks about progressing legislation.

A year ago today we fulfilled a commitment to the Irish people and introduced free, safe and legal abortion services in our own country in line with the proposals we put forward during the referendum to repeal the 8th.
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) January 1, 2020

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