The Well Woman Centre says it is gravely concerned about the operation of rogue counsellors offering advice to women on crisis pregnancies.
In its annual report, Well Woman says these agencies are operating under the guise of offering information on all options but in reality employ manipulative and often bullying techniques to stop the women deciding to have an abortion.
Well Woman's Chief Executive, Alison Begas, said it is essential that the Government acts on plans to introduce a statutory registration body to ensure counsellors are properly trained.
The report also stated that the centre's Dublin clinics detected about 10% of the national total number of chlamydia infections.
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection that, if left untreated, can produce serious health complications including infertility in women.
Its new routine testing policy has meant that in just 12 months, the testing rate for the infection has increased by 60%.
Ms Begas said: 'Last year we made the decision to introduce more routine testing for chlamydia because we feared that many of our clients might have the infection without knowing it.
'In the early stages - when the infection is most treatable - it produces little or no obvious symptoms. As a result, women can pass on the infection from partner to partner.'
The centre also reported that another significant trend in services was the continued increase in the number of women now attending for cervical smear tests.



















