Women to be urged to get abortions as early as possible

**♥ Lily ♥** · 09-28-2018, 11:59 PM

Women to be urged to get abortions as early as possible

HSE and Government prepare communications campaign for rollout of abortion services

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29th September, 2018

Pat Leahy

Minister for Health Simon Harris.

Women will be urged to attend crisis pregnancy services as early as possible in their pregnancy in a communications campaign being prepared by the Department of Health and the HSE.

As practical and legislative preparations intensify for the introduction of abortion services on January 1st, the Cabinet has been told the department and the HSE are collaborating on “a comprehensive plan for communicating” information about the new services.

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**♥ Lily ♥** · 09-29-2018, 12:00 AM

March demanding abortion legislation planned in Dublin

Event to act as ‘reminder’ to Government that ‘nothing on the ground has changed’

29th September, 2018

Last year’s March for Choice, from Parnell Square to Merrion Square in Dublin. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

The degree to which legislation guaranteeing free, safe and legal abortion services is successfully enacted and implemented in coming months, will decide whether a “March for Choice” is needed next year, the Abortion Rights Campaign has said.

Sarah Monaghan, spokeswoman for the campaign, was speaking in advance of Saturday’s march in Dublin – the first since the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution was passed in May.

“The march has two purposes . It is a reminder that there is still a lot to be done. Nothing on the ground has changed. We still have 10 women a day travelling for abortion and three a day importing abortion medication online.

“We still don’t have the legislation and this will be a reminder to Government that we are still demanding legislation in line with the changes we voted for, so resoundingly.”

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