Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for addressing the meeting. In Professor Murphy's submission he stated sections 58 and 59 of the 1861 Act should be repealed. Will he please clarify what these sections state? My other questions relate to situations in which termination of pregnancy would be necessary to save the life of a woman. To what extent are doctors in a legal quandary at present because of the lack of clarity in legislation? Where it is in the interest of a woman's health that a pregnancy is terminated, am I right to think that medical professionals cannot take any action?