New data: Over 10,000 women did not return for abortion after three-day wait
In reply to a Parliamentary Question submitted by Deputy Carol Nolan TD, the HSE confirmed earlier this week that in 2022 and 2023, 3,933 women didn’t return for a second abortion consultation with a GP after the three-day waiting period.
When this information is added to previously released data, it confirms that in the 5 year period between 2019 and 2024, 10,426 women did not return for an abortion after the waiting period had elapsed.
These comprehensive new figures fundamentally undermine claims by the Irish Family Planning Association and others that the three-day waiting period serves no purpose other than to obstruct access to abortion and should therefore be abolished. | 
