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Pregnancy counselling service criticised over false abortion claims

The Health minister says he feels "a bit sickened" about false information being given out at a Dubl...
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Pregnancy counselling service criticised over false abortion claims

TodayFM
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5:12 PM - 5 Sep 2016



The Health minister says he feels "a bit sickened" about false information being given out at a Dublin based pregnancy counselling service.

An undercover reporter was told by a counsellor at the clinic that women who have abortions have an increased risk of breast cancer.

The journalist for the Irish edition of 'The Times' was also shown pictures of aborted foetuses during the pregnancy counselling session.

Speaking to Matt Cooper on The Last Word, Ellen Coyne of The Times said the counsellor made other false claims:
Peadar O'Grady of the group Doctors for Choice says such claims have been repeatedly discredited in medical studies:

 

 

 

 

 



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