Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 20 May 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed)
5:10 pm
Dr. Jacqueline Montwill:
On the view that psychiatry is divided, I will do everything I am meant to do by law. I will treat my patient, regardless of whether she is going for an abortion and if she has an abortion, I will treat her afterwards. I have come here to explain to members that what the Government is asking us to do does not make sense and is not based on good medicine. As doctors, we have to stand up and say this is not good practice. Best practice is full appropriate assessment.
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