Future Referenda - Remember this day

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This isn't meant as a debate about the rights or wrongs of the 3 day wait for an abortion.

Its just to say that in any future referendum when those pushing a yes vote give you assurances about how it will work and how they will implement it they are lying.

I've always been suspicious of how referenda are pushed and the lies that are spun. How lucky we were to vote no on the last one about removing mothers.

This is tedious @Gealach please read what I've said so many times and stop wasting your time telling me I wasn't paying attention. You clearly aren't paying attention .... I knew what was being proposed, I knew this would happen sooner rather than later. My thread is for those who are surprised and disappointed this week.

Where can I access this review and who was questioned about it? I would love to see the questions they asked!

Exactly @BruachAbhann!

Either way my only point is to state the obvious that critical thinking has to be applied when voting on anything and ask how do i want it to look in 5, 10 years etc

This gives a link to the review:
www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/publications/the-independent-review-of-the-operation-of-the-health-regulation-of-termination-of-pregnancy-act-2018/

Reading through the report and found this:
'Women in the UnPAC study suggested that rather than being mandatory, the three-day wait could instead be operationalized with an option to waive it. Others felt that a shorter time period might be more appropriate. One woman felt that it should be waived in cases of sexual abuse or for women who were at risk of timing out of care under section 12.'

'could', 'might'
and I still don't know what questions they were asked or how biased they were. The report is based on a study of just 58 women and according to this paragraph, just 1 felt the 3-day wait should be waived in certain circumstances.

Thanks for the link @Tingledtangled

The report just wasn’t about the research on women that you cherry picked. It also included research on healthcare providers and public submissions and overall it found that the 3 day wait was a barrier to care for some women.

To me it was obvious this would be removed at some point. There was never a clinical reason for the 3 day wait. Obviously everyone is free now to choose to have some time for reflection if they wish, but it’s not going to be mandatory. Most women who go to the GP have already decided that they want an abortion. They don’t need to have to make a second appointment and come back another time.