No Need

The Irish Republic has the best maternal health in the world, and I should be fascinated to hear of any circumstance under which an abortion would still be medically necessary in order to save the life of the mother in any advanced country.

I am afraid that this lady had a profoundly felt but entirely unfounded fear, and therefore requested a procedure which would, in fact, have been perfectly legal, but of the medical need for which she was unable to convince any doctor.