That's according to research by the National Women's Council.
Pro-life protestors demonstrating outside clinics, is one of the biggest factors stopping GPs from providing abortion care.
That’s according to research by the National Women’s Council, which is calling for safe access zones to be introduced by law.
They say the zones would allow patients to attend their appointment without facing an anti-abortion protest.
Alana Ryan of the National Women’s Council says more needs to be done to support medics who wish to provide abortion care:
The motion was brought forward by councillor Conor Sheehan, who said that even those councillors who voted ‘no’ in 2018 had voted for this motion. @Ryan_O_R reports.https://t.co/MLA7eg1wS9
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) July 6, 2021
A Limerick City councillor says safe access zones near maternity hospitals are vital to stop anti-abortion demonstrators from intimidating patients.
Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan says Love Both protesters often chant outside Limerick’s University Maternity Hospital
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