Dr. Catherine Conlon:

To my knowledge, there has not been extensive attention given in the international literature - neither clinical nor social research - to the assumption that women have a decisional incapacity around abortion. Although the issue of decisional certainty and the use of this has been homed in on in the debate here and on the legislation more generally, as well as in our terms of reference, it has not been a concern to any large extent for the international literature, either clinical or social research.