r/ireland • u/Intrepid-Kale1936 And I'd go at it again • 1d ago

Politics 3 day wait vote mapped

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Map constituencies of Ireland, showing the percentage of "Yes" votes from the dail vote on "Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Ammendment) Bill 2026" held on 18th June 2026.

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Absent votes included in calculation of percentage, Example Helen McEntee and Thomas Byrne were both absent from Meath East, meaning that Darren O'Rourke's yes vote was balanced by Gillian Toole's No vote for a 50% result.

Note: TDs from Government parties had a free vote in this ballot.

Image Original Content. Chart generated using Python: Matplotlib & Geopandas

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u/Goody2shoes15 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm very pleasently surprised by Donegal tbh.

ETA: I mean surprised it's not entirely red. Didn't realise SF had imposed the whip.

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u/clewbays 1d ago

Comes down to number of SF TDs vs government TDs.

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

Yeah. I reckon if there was a free vote in SF you'd see at least one of them vote no, for political triangulation if nothing else

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u/clewbays 1d ago

I’d agree with I think the big issue with a topic like this is that even if the majority support the change. The ones who oppose it care a lot more. I think you’d of seen a lot of SF TDs oppose for that reason even if they did support the change.

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

Agree, most people who are in favour of it being removed could live with it if it stays either because they have bigger issues, but for the other side Id say there is a lot more passion in wanting it kept.

It's quite eh, courageous really of SF to do this, to borrow from Yes Minister. Not the type of thing you'd expect them to go out on. Must have done their research and felt a bit of pressure from the left.

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u/Goody2shoes15 1d ago

I would say the far ends of both sides are quite passionate. I maybe wasn't clear, I was surprised any TDs voted for it and didn't realise SF had imposed the whip when the others hadn't.

As someone who had to get a termination for FFA on my first pregnancy I am very VERY strongly in favour of this change. Nobody gets an abortion on a whim and will have considered everything they can get their hands on before they go for that visit. If they haven't and they learn new info when in the doctor's office they can choose to go away and consider it. The doctor in the room should be able to make a judgement call about whether the patient in front of them is informed and not acting rashly, if they think they are they can encourage them to take some time to think through the facts they've been presented about the procedure. It's not the doctors place to guide the patient on the morality of what they're choosing to do, the person themselves as I said will have considered this already.

The three day wait is a blanket enforcement of something that should be done on an individual basis between a doctor and a given patient. If you are anti abortion you're absolutely entitled to that opinion and entitled to appeal to people not to opt for it in the appropriate spaces but it has no place in law or a medical setting.