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Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 14170-26

Deputy McGrath asked about babies who have been born alive after abortion procedures in cases where no major congenital anomaly was diagnosed from 2019 to 2025.


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Summary

To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1038 of 20 January 2026, the total number of babies, from 2019-2025, who have been born alive after abortion procedures in cases where no major congenital anomaly was diagnosed; the gestation of the babies in these cases, broken down in categories (less than 16 weeks, 16-21 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks; 37 or more weeks; or similar categories); and if she will make a statement on the matter.


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