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22/07/2009
Fewer Irish Women Seeking Abortions
The number of women travelling from the Republic of Ireland to the UK and the Netherlands for abortions is falling, the latest figures have revealed.
The statistics emerged soon after parallel figures were released by the Department of Health which showed that the number of women travelling from addresses in Northern Ireland to England for an abortion also fell in 2008. They dropped to 1,173 from 1,343 in 2007.
The Irish Republic's data - released by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency - showed that 4,600 women attending abortion clinics in the UK last year who gave an address in Ireland.
This is compared to 4,686 in 2007.
Meanwhile, the number of women from Ireland travelling to abortion clinics in the Netherlands also dropped to 331 last year, from 451 in 2007.
(KMcA/BMcC)
The statistics emerged soon after parallel figures were released by the Department of Health which showed that the number of women travelling from addresses in Northern Ireland to England for an abortion also fell in 2008. They dropped to 1,173 from 1,343 in 2007.
The Irish Republic's data - released by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency - showed that 4,600 women attending abortion clinics in the UK last year who gave an address in Ireland.
This is compared to 4,686 in 2007.
Meanwhile, the number of women from Ireland travelling to abortion clinics in the Netherlands also dropped to 331 last year, from 451 in 2007.
(KMcA/BMcC)
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