The Social Democrats' Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill has been defeated by 85 votes to 30.
According to RTE, The Green Party, People Before Profit and the Labour Party supported the legislation and Sinn Féin, Independent Ireland and Independent TDs had intimated opposition to what was brought forward.
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said that the promises made during repeal the 8th has not yet been realised.
The bill that the Social Democrats put forward would have abolished the three day wait that is required before termination, revised the criteria for an abortion for fatal foetal abnormality, and removed the criminal sanctions found in the current law.
"Doctors, families and advocacy groups have repeatedly told us this threshold is too narrow and too rigid. Doctors are being placed in impossible positions and women are still travelling as a result," Cairns said.
"The mandatory three-day waiting period is another example of a barrier that exists not because of medicine but because of politics and once again, it is women who pay the price," she continued.
The Government noted the bill at Cabinet yesterday and agreed to a second stage Dáil vote as it was a conscience matter. Minister Carroll MacNeill raised a number of concerns, she said that the reduction of the number of doctors making the decision was problematic and would create uncertainty that would be unhelpful. She also said on fatal foetal abnormality, that it was extremely complex and raised many ethical issues.
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Health David Cullinane said that the party was happy to remove the three day waiting period but they had concerns around the new definition of a condition likely to lead to the death of a foetus.
