Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Should the law reflect section 21.1 of the Medical Council's guidelines, which requires that due regard be had to clinical research in the area of psychiatry? On an issue that arose in the discussion with psychiatrists yesterday, a person who is not suffering from a mental disorder and cannot, therefore, be forced to undergo any treatment may well present herself for an abortion. If abortion is considered the only outcome that can be offered to such a person, would there be an automatic obligation to provide the abortion purely on those grounds?