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

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To be fair, most people would disagree with Professor Binchy’s definition that human life effectively begins at conception. That is not something with which most people with common sense would agree. For Professor Binchy to equate that with people who have been born, it frankly does not make sense on common sense grounds. It is an extreme position.

Professor Binchy did not answer my other question. Does he believe victims of rape and incest should be forced to continue with their pregnancies?

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