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IN THE FIRST ten months of this year the number of abortion pill seizures have more than doubled.
Last night, RTÉ’s Prime Time revealed that, in 2014 so far, there have been more than 60 abortion pill seizures, consisting of 1,000 tablets in total.
In 2013, that figure was much lower with 24 abortion pill seizures recorded.
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For its investigation, Prime Time managed to order pills from a website online and picked them up in a post office in Northern Ireland.
Dr Sam Coulter Smith Master of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin expressed his concerns about this, saying:
If you are administering these drugs at the wrong dose and at the wrong intervals or by the wrong route then there is a risk of perforation in that situation and that is a very serious complication.
He went on to say that his hospital has treated people who have presented with problems after taking these drugs.
Drugs
“We have seen people who have taken drugs to induce miscarriage, induce abortion absolutely yes thankfully we haven’t run into many significant problems with them but we are certainly aware that it happens,” he said.
The programme investigated a website called Women on Web, which they claim were originally called Women on Waves. This group sailed a ship into Dublin offering to perform abortions on Irish women in International waters in 2001.
One testimonial on the site is from a 16-year-old Irish girl who says it was the right decision for the situation she found herself in.
A spokesperson for the organisation said the medicines are safe, even if there is a slightly higher degree of complications.
She said between 200 and 250 women from Ireland email the organisation every month for support.
First published 23 October, 10.16pm
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I’m a little confused as to how the jury bought a story of accidental killing – followed by dismemberment.. Accidents can and do happen, but surely cutting up the body would add a dimension to the situation that would veer a long way from “accidental”, I mean, dismemberment is pretty deliberate..
How on earth did he get away with that?
Yeah I don’t get that either , I wonder if he paid off the jury ? Or is that only in the movies !
He said he was trying to avoid any attention because of his previous case with his wife. Bottom line he’s a nut job.
He probably claimed that the killing was an accident and that he panicked and tried to hide the body in case he was later blamed for ‘murdering’ him. No previous, no known motive and probably claimed he was friends with the victim and that he was sooooo sorry!
Since when are RTE non entities given the titles of legends any wonder they go around with their heads in the clouds. Ive never even heard of this one.
Well she deserves credit for being the first female newsreader in rte. But a legend ? No .
Most women were able to read in the 1970′s! What had gender got to do with it?
Durst looks like a psycho
Well spotted.
He will get off again, if you have seen the doc you will see he wants to be caught, he seems to get a rush for getting away with it and has the money to do so.
Whatever happened to bibi baskin?
@Buckwheat
I think this article from December 2013 answers your question.
Apologies.
I forgot to paste the address.
http://www.businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/43849-bibi-baskin-to-talk-about-h
See talking to yourself… no good can come of it.
you can leave an Irish man all alone for 24 hours and what will you hear on a mic?
Sweet sweet silence
His defence team managed to convince the jury that the neighbor had let himself into Dursts apartment and had a gun,the neighbour, Black, was a well known aggressive troublesome person who no one liked, he convinced them the gun went off during a struggle but that he didn’t shoot him intentionally. Try watch the documentaries they explain it better. Why not show the lady now instead of her in 1975, or at least as well as…..?
Leg End or butt end or is there a happy end at all at all??
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