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Ireland - Abortion law pledge

IRELAND'S government pledged Tuesday to pass a law soon that will allow women to receive abortions if continued pregnancy threatens their lives - including from their own threats to commit suicide if denied one.

The announcement comes after decades of inaction on abortion in Ireland, and just weeks after the predominantly Catholic country faced international criticism over the death of an Indian woman hospitalized in Ireland with an imminent miscarriage.

Health Minister James Reilly said parliamentary hearings on the issue would begin next month, lawmakers would receive a bill by Easter and they would be expected to vote on it by the summer.



 

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