TDs to get free vote on bill to remove abortion wait time (opens original article in a new tab)

Government TDs will have a free vote on a bill to remove the mandatory three-day wait period for abortion in early pregnancy, following previous failed attempts to amend the law.

• Government TDs to have a free vote on bill to remove mandatory three-day wait for abortion
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald stated the three-day wait should never have been introduced and had serious consequences
• Social Democrats' proposals to remove three-day wait and criminal sanctions were defeated in Dáil last month
• Irish Catholic Bishops criticized efforts to widen current abortion law