An independent review is to be conducted into the case of a termination carried out for reasons of fatal foetal abnormality, where a test later showed no abnormality was present. The National Maternity Hospital in Dublin has commissioned the review into the circumstances of an abortion carried out in the hospital last March. The review is being carried out by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK in response to a complaint made by a couple who attended the hospital. The hospital and the UK testing facility accept this latter test result as being correct but stand over the accuracy of the work performed. In general in Ireland and the UK, decisions on terminations are made on the basis of the first test result and in many countries the second part is not performed.

Source: The Irish Times May 16, 2019 22:18 UTC