Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 March 2021
942. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions that have taken place in Ireland since the introduction of termination services in which disability is believed to have played a part in opting for an abortion. [16648/21]
View answerThe Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 does not provide for a termination of pregnancy to be carried out on the grounds of a disability.
The Act permits termination to be carried out in cases where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; where there is a risk to the pregnant woman’s life or of serious harm to her health in an emergency; where there is a condition present which is likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within 28 days of birth; and without restriction up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
