Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Babies Born to Mothers with Substance Abuse Issues: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Do any of the witnesses have any comments on the proposed location of the national children’s hospital?

Dr. Coulter-Smith welcomed the protection of life in pregnancy legislation but said it does not assist him when he is faced with a woman carrying a baby with either a fatal foetal abnormality or a life-limiting one.

Has he any ideas about what should or could happen? He is an eminent professional in the field.

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