Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations
1:30 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
The Supreme Court has set the bar in relation to the eighth amendment as the right to life. It is only where there is a real and substantive risk to the life of the woman that an intervention can happen. It does not protect her health in pregnancy. How does Professor Binchy square that circle in relation to her human right to health when it is not protected in Irish law?
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