Dr. Caitriona Henchion:

Could I add a little to that? If people chose to travel to a city for anonymity or whatever their personal reason is, that is absolutely fine but it should be a choice. It should not be a necessity. If there was less stigma around the provision of abortion, people would not be anxious about attending their local service for it and they would be able to do that. As Ms Ryan said, many people lose much of their anonymity because they have to disclose to others if they are to travel that distance because they need help with childcare and they need time off work as it involves more than a couple of hours. For the vast majority of people, if they were assured of the service being available locally, that would guarantee them far more anonymity.