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# UK Department of Health

All time
Number of Irish women travelling to England and Wales for abortions dropped in 2018
Over 3,000 women and girls travelled from Ireland to England and Wales for abortions last year
More than 3,500 women from Ireland travelled to the UK for abortions last year