Dr. Caitriona Henchion:

Some of what I have already said covers that. Access to good quality sexual health education and access to contraception are two of the major things. There is also the issue of why women would feel they are unable to continue with a pregnancy. Perhaps in some ways there are lots of other issues that come in there - the support for women who are still in education who might have a baby might not be what it should be; similarly consideration should be given to increased flexibility in work practices to enable women to feel that they are not going to be discriminated against in terms of promotion if they have to take time off to have children. Those are two very clear factors.

More social support for women who are in very seriously deprived situations, such as the women who might have children in care should be available, so that they are not made to feel that having another pregnancy will deprive them of the opportunity to be reunited with the children who are in care. These are all very complex issues but those are the types of issues that fewer women felt meant they could not actually continue with the pregnancy.