Dr. Joanne Fenton:

I have a couple of comments. As the three perinatal psychiatrists, we came together to give a joint statement on what we felt was our position clinically to move forward. It is very important to take the individual lady who presents to us as being paramount. She is pregnant, it is her issue and she is an individual. We all have come across and assessed many women who have had terminations. Some would have stated this was what they needed at the time and some continued to have extreme guilt about that, which already has been mentioned. However, one must remember that it is absolutely individual and for us, with our 40 years of experience, we have never assessed a woman for whom our management would be to advise a termination and for the legislators, this must be taken into consideration.