Over 20 civil society organisations and healthcare providers led by the National Women's Council have called for full decriminalisation of abortion in Ireland.
It is part of a submission by the Abortion Working Group ahead of a review of Ireland's legislation on abortion.
The group says full decriminalisation is in line with Word Health Organization guidance to remove "the chilling effect" on healthcare providers.
It says the mandatory three-day wait period needs to be scrapped to ensure timely access to abortion.
The working group has also called for the removal of the 12-week gestational limit and to enable abortion on request up to viability to ensure people do not have to travel abroad for the procedure.
It comes with just two weeks to the close of the public consultation on Ireland's abortion law.
Section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 states that: "The Minister shall, not later than three years after the commencement of this section, carry out a review of the operation of this Act."
In December, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced a review of the operation of the Act, which sets out different types of situations in which a termination of pregnancy can occur under Irish law.
Currently, termination can be carried out in cases where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health of the pregnant woman, including in an emergency; where there is a condition present which is likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within 28 days of birth; and without restriction up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
During the pandemic, it became possible for a woman to access a termination under section 12 of the 2018 (before 12 weeks) from her medical practitioner by telephone or video conference consultation.
This was criticised by those who are opposed to abortion services.
The Life Institute pointed out that in the UK, approval allowing women to take both pills for early medical abortion at home, introduced because of Covid-19, will return to pre-pandemic arrangements in August.
The decision by the UK government was made following a public consultation which found the majority of the over 18,000 responses were in favour of ending the approval.
As restrictions ease in Ireland, the Department of Health says it is currently reviewing whether remote consultation as part of "a blended approach to termination of pregnancy care" should be continued post the Covid-19 public health emergency period.
In a reply to a parliamentary question from the Independent TD Carol Nolan the Minister for Health said that there had been "good feedback" from providers and patients of telemedicine abortion.
Stephen Donnelly also said there is "good evidence from published literature from the UK that remote provision of abortion care is very safe".
However, he said "no analysis as such on remote consultation has been conducted in Ireland".
He added that in light of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, the Department requested the HSE to revisit the Model of Care to review its operation and consider whether it should be retained.
In a statement the Department said that to reflect that the virus is still in existence, HSPC guidance on managing the risk of transmission of respiratory viruses including Covid-19, the advice continues, "to limit footfall in general practice settings and support telephone consultations where care that meets the needs of the patient can be delivered - this helps to eliminate the risk of transmission of viral infection.
"As such the arrangements for remote access to this service in the context of Covid-19 remain in place".
A decision is expected in the coming weeks.
The Pro Life Campaign has accused the Minister of "pandering" to the pro-abortion lobby for suggesting in his reply to Deputy Nolan that the practice of remote consultation 'home abortions' may not be phased out after all.
In a statement it said a recent Savanta ComRes poll for BBC Radio 4, showed that 15% of women in the UK have experienced pressure to go through with an abortion they didn't want to have.
It said there is a responsibility on the minister "to listen to the evidence that many women feel pressured into having abortions and how remote consultation home abortions is contributing to this appalling and unacceptable situation" before a final decision on the future of remote consultation home abortions is made.
The Abortion Working Group in Ireland says the "key asks" in its submission to the review are "in step with the public mood".
Research carried out by Opinions Market Research, on behalf of the NWC, with a representative sample of 863 adults showed support for decriminalisation, access to care at home and Safe Access Zones.
80% agreed that no woman in Ireland should still have to travel abroad to access abortion care.
71% agreed that abortion should be treated like any other medical procedure and should not be a matter for criminal law.
When broken down - 76% of women agreed with this, versus 65% of men. Of those who were aged under 35, 65% were in agreement.
79% agreed that doctors should be trusted to provide abortion care based on professional judgement and clinical best practice.
85% agreed that all individuals accessing and providing abortion care should be protected from threats, harassment and abuse from anti-abortion protests.
A breakdown of these stats show that 88% of women were in favour of this, 82% were men. Agreement fell further amongst those aged under 35 at 77%
67% agree any person on the island of Ireland should be able to access abortion free of charge.
The Director of the NWC and Chair of the Abortion Working Group said its submission highlights how "too many women and pregnant people who need an abortion still can't get one".
Orla O'Connor said in the case of fatal foetal anomaly (FFA), "we know that many women are being forced to travel under the existing legislation as it is too restrictive".
She also said the mandatory three-day wait period "has no medical purpose or value and can act as a barrier to access" and she described the 12-week gestational limit as "too rigid".
