Irish parliament votes to remove three-day abortion wait

Waiting period before receiving medication was included in draft law to gain support for abortion ban in 2018 referendum Ireland’s parliament has voted to remove a mandatory three-day wait for abortion during early pregnancy after campaigners said the rule was an unnecessary restriction. The Dáil passed the bill on Wednesday night, clearing a path for the legislation to go to a parliamentary committee and become law later this, or next, year. Continue reading...

By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

How Carlow and Kilkenny TDs voted on Sinn Féin's abortion bill

Sinn Féin’s bill to remove the mandatory three-day wait for access to abortion services was passed in the Dáil on Wednesday evening

By Aisling Bolton-Dowling

Dáil approves abortion bill, most Govt TDs vote against

The Dáil last night voted in favour of a Sinn Féin bill providing for the removal of the three-day mandatory wait period to access abortion services in early pregnancy.

The surprise abortion vote that broke government ranks

Christine Bohan, Jane Matthews, Christina Finn and Rónán Duffy unpack how a waiting period that was never recommended by the Citizens’ Assembly or the Oireachtas committee survived for eight years, and whether scrapping it is the beginning of a bigger conversation about abortion legislation the government doesn’t want to have.