Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 68011-25
Deputy McGrath asked about the number of babies born alive after an abortion procedure from 2022 to 2025. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 68011-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born alive after an abortion procedure at 24-weeks gestation or later; the number of these cases which involved babies diagnosed with major congenital anomalies; the number of babies born alive after abortion earlier than 24-weeks gestation; the number of them which had been diagnosed with major congenital anomalies, from 2022 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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