Thomas Pringle TD has today called for the immediate publication of the expert group report on abortion following the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar.
The report, which Minister Reilly received this week, was established to examine the issues regarding the European Court of Justice’s judgement on A, B and C v Ireland and has made recommendations based on the judgment that the State failed to implement existing rights to lawful abortion where a mother’s life is at risk.
“Sadly, we now know what the consequences for failing to implement existing rights are and I am calling on the Minister to publish this report immediately and end this risk right now. There has already been a 20 year delay, let’s not leave this issue on the shelf any longer.
“It is not good enough that the Minister has given it a ‘quick glance’ and will then bring it to Cabinet after he gets a chance to look at it properly. A life has been lost because of this legal uncertainty and there needs to be action now so that this tragedy is never repeated.”
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