Ireland's abortion laws are to be scrutinised by the UN later.
In Frances Fitzgerald's first official outing as Tánaiste she'll go to Geneva to defend our human rights record.
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Among the accusations that our Justice Minister will face is a claim by the Netherlands that our laws surrounding terminations are "restrictive".
The wife of President Michael D Higgins has come in for criticism over her recent comments on abortion.
Speaking at a Student Midwives Debate, Sabina Higgins said it was an “outrage” against women that they should be "made carry" a baby in the case of "foetal abnormality".
Clare Pro-life campaigner Josephine McEvoy has condemned the comments and she's also hit out at media coverage of the issue.
