Dr. Caitriona Henchion:

Absolutely, it is going on. I definitely see women who come in who have had an illegal abortion. They have found somewhere online to order pills and have taken those pills at home. The only ones I will see are the women who are concerned in some way that perhaps something has not gone well. The evidence would be from the number of packages that some of the providers have sent to Ireland and from some of Dr. Abigail Aiken's evidence that there are a considerable number of women doing this on a daily basis in Ireland.

The reason I will see these women is because they have sat at home worrying about whether they have bled enough, and whether that they have had an abortion or not. The women do not feel well, they have cramps, pains, things are not settling down and they are wondering if something has gone wrong or they are bleeding too much and are wondering if something has gone wrong. I see women who have been in these situations and they are accessing abortion pills in an illegal way and taking them. Because they are taking these pills in this country, that is illegal. That is definitely happening.