Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland

1:00 pm

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Seán Ó Domhnaill said when the law was passed in the UK, 95% of abortions arose from suicide intention. Does a patient or a pregnant woman in the UK who proposes to have an abortion have to go through a psychiatric assessment? If so, is Dr. Seán Ó Domhnaill suggesting that the psychiatrists that these women present to are being duped?

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