Niall Behan

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Concerns for the psychological welfare of the young woman at the centre of the latest abortion controversy were brought to the HSE at the end of May.
HSE told of abortion case concerns in May

Concerns for the psychological welfare of the young woman at the centre of the latest abortion controversy were brought to the HSE at the end of May, (...)

“It was very difficult for me. I cried. I said I am not capable of going through with this. I said I could die because of this... They said to me abortion was not legal here, but people like me are sent to England for abortions . . .” Photograph: Getty
They said they could not do an abortion. I said, ‘You can leave me now to die. I don’t want to live in this world anymore’

The young woman who says she was raped, refused an abortion and later had her pregnancy delivered by Caesarean section says she was initially told she(...)

Pro- choice protesters outside the Dail during the debate on the abortion / Protection of Life Bill. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES
State must respond to UN committee’s concerns

The trenchant criticism by the UN Human Rights Committee, which published its concluding observations yesterday, places yet another dark cloud over Ir(...)

More than 3,500 women from Ireland had an abortion in Britain last year.
More than 3,500 women from Ireland had UK abortion

Over 3,500 women from the Republic of Ireland travelled to Britain for abortions last year, according to official figures released by the British D(...)

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald: expressed her shock at the death of the woman. Photograph: Frank Miller
Abortion couple ‘felt abandoned’ by health system

The husband of a woman who died after travelling to Britain for an abortion has described how the couple felt abandoned by the health system in Irelan(...)

Niall Behan of the IFPA said the Irish health system was “turning its back” on people who needed care. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Death shows need for abortion services, family planning organisation says

The death of a woman in London hours after she had had an abortion was the consequence of the Irish health system “turning its back on women who need (...)

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