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Notifications in accordance with Section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Annual Report 2021
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The third Annual Report on the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, required under section 20 of the Act, has been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The report covers the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2021.
This is the third annual report to be published since the grounds on which termination of pregnancy is lawfully permitted were expanded in Ireland under the legislation introduced following the result of the May 2018 referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.
It is important that this year's Annual Report is read in conjunction with the accompanying supplementary note attached below. In the interests of openness and transparency, this supplementary note highlights important information in relation to data issues regarding the number of notifications received from medical practitioners for 2021.
