Mary Lou McDonald: “This meeting needs to happen very, very soon.”

It was never given to the survivors, so the investigation, the criminal case, and the survivors' civil cases were conducted without this key piece of evidence.

It is time for the law to change, and this would be a significant move towards compassion and ensuring barriers to women accessing healthcare are removed.

A ban is all well and good but it means nothing if it's not enforced, and all of the evidence across our communities is that the law and regulations are not enforced.

We believe that there is widespread support across society for removing the mandatory three-day wait and that the legislation will be passed