Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health
Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)
12:00 pm
Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am. The Bill is all about saving lives. A woman at risk of suicide is at a risk of dying and killing her baby. Dr. Rhona Mahony told the hearings that there was no evidence to show that abortion was a treatment for suicide when she said such evidence would be impossible to obtain as the number of cases was extremely small. She said also that she would trust her psychiatric colleagues if they told her that a woman would die unless her pregnancy was terminated.
Who has the responsibility of informing the woman of her right to a review? Will a panel have access to legal advice and is there a mechanism for appealing decisions to the courts?
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