{"id":1864,"date":"2018-06-01T07:49:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T12:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2018-06-02T07:50:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:50:57","slug":"health-minister-says-system-has-capacity-for-abortion-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister Says System has Capacity for Abortion Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Health Minister has insisted that the Irish health system does have the capacity to provide abortion services.<\/p>\n

Concerns have been raised that there are insufficient resources and that it could have an impact on waiting lists for other procedures.<\/p>\n

Simon Harris has said women that need abortions are already in our health system and the issue of capacity is not raised in relation to other treatments.<\/p>\n

He said: “This is 5,000 women a year, roughly.<\/p>\n

“It’s a number that I hope we can reduce, through ancillary recommendations reducing crisis pregnancy.<\/p>\n

“his is a very small number of women who deserve to be cared for in their own country.”<\/p>\n

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