{"id":4760,"date":"2018-12-28T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2018-12-29T08:31:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T13:31:42","slug":"harris-confident-that-abortion-services-will-be-available-from-new-years-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4760","title":{"rendered":"Harris Confident That Abortion Services will be Available from New Year&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SimonHarrisSadDecember2018_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SimonHarrisSadDecember2018_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SimonHarrisSadDecember2018_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The Health Minister has assured women that safe and legal abortion services will be available from New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>There had been doubts about the availability of services, with reports that just nine hospitals and 145 GPs have so far signed up to provide medical abortions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is going to take time for our services to fully embed and our services will continue to evolve and grow over the course of the year,&#8221; Minister Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be safe services, freely and legally available in this country from January 1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Harris added that information will be available on <a href=\"http:\/\/myoptions.ie\">myoptions.ie<\/a> while a freephone helpline &#8211; 1800 828 010 &#8211; will open on January 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4760\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4760&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4760\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4760&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-4760\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4760&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4760\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Minister has assured women that safe and legal abortion services will be available from New Year&#8217;s Day. 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