Dr. Peter Boylan:

There are a number of them. Ireland always seems to look to the UK for examples of how things should be done in this country, particularly in the medical sphere. The UK legislation dates back to the 1960s, such that it has been in operation for more than 50 years now. We do not have to adopt it. This is not reinventing the wheel. There are many countries within Europe from which we can pick and choose legislation. There are very good analyses of the different types of legislation throughout Europe but the common theme of all of them is that 99% of women in the EU have access to safe termination in the first ten weeks-first trimester of pregnancy. That might well be a starting point.