Abortion ‘is a medical issue’

Whether we like it or not abortion is a medical issue and doctors need to acknowledge their roles and responsibilities in this area, writes Dr Mary Favier We might not like it, we may try to avoid talking about it, but abortion is a medical issue. About one-in-10 Irish women of reproductive age has had an abortion. Indeed, it is the most common gynaecological procedure an Irish woman will have; being more common than appendectomy and tonsillectomy put together. It is common because Irish women are no different to women elsewhere — they wish to control their fertility and their…