The 8th Amendment affects women’s right to refuse consent to treatment in pregnancy. It may also restrict the kinds of treatment, including abortion, that doctors can offer to their pregnant patients.
Category: abortion law before repeal
What is the law on abortion now?
It is a serious criminal offence to have or to provide an abortion in Ireland.
The only exception to this is where a pregnant person’s life is at risk, where the foetus not yet viable, and where doctors certify that abortion is the only way to avert the risk of death (Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013).Read More »
