Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences.

CSO data

Claim: Achieving

5.6.1 Ireland’s National Sexual Health Strategy provides for everyone living in Ireland to receive comprehensive and age-appropriate sexual health education and/or information and will have access to appropriate prevention and promotion services. Note this does not give a proportion.

5.6.2 Ireland’s National Sexual Health Strategy provides for everyone living in Ireland to receive comprehensive and age-appropriate sexual health education and/or information and will have access to appropriate prevention and promotion services.

Measuring what matters

The O’Shea Abortion review clearly shows that serious gaps still remain in the provision of timely and effective abortion care, including:

  • The mandatory 3-day wait
  • The criminalisation of abortion 
  • Geographical gaps in coverage

Women and pregnant people are still being forced to travel – at least 860 travelled to the UK alone since the vote to repeal the 8th Amendment of the Constitution.

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