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The laws may not be as relevant as you think. With my first pregnancy I was told my baby would die and a d&c (or more accurately ERPC) was scheduled for two weeks later. Despite knowing my baby was dying I had to wait, two agonising weeks for my appointment. Physically I had some discomfort, however psychologically I was devastated. I was in love with the baby from as soon as I found out I was pregnant. Two days before the appointment I suffered a miscarriage and delivered my unborn baby into the toilet. A scan revealed there was still some remnants left so I had to endure the ERPC anyway. In those two weeks I would wake up with a wet pillow every morning, I didn't even remember crying, but must have done so in my sleep. I couldn't think about it without breaking down.needless to say I didn't find comfort from others,as I couldn't speak about it. That was in this country, with abortion as an option to every woman. So, I don't think it can be said that this poor unfortunate man would be without wife and child if abortion at the moment it was requested had been an option. We don't know if the wait for a theatre, the scrubbing in time,and operation prep would have already been too late to save her in Ireland, or would have been too late to save her here too. Having had personal experience of being made to wait for my dead/dying baby to be removed in this country i believe there is a possibility this could have happened here too,and until the facts are established, it is pointless in feigning expertise of a situation we are all largely ignorant about. That is all.