Last year, 21 procedures were carried out due to a risk to life or health of the mother under the grounds set out in Section 9 of the Act. Seven terminations were completed where there was a risk to life or health in an emergency situation.
The annual cost of providing medical abortions through GPs and hospitals is now €7.4m a year. It includes €5.6m in GP payments and medications with €1.7m spent on terminations in hospitals.
The HSE said costs for community-based termination of Pregnancy in 2022 were €5.6m, including GP fees, medications, training, and running My Options.
It allows for unrestricted medical abortion up to twelve weeks through a GP service and termination in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, defined as a condition likely to lead to the death of the foetus within 28 days of birth.
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