Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital
1:00 pm
Dr. Rhona Mahony:
The heart begins to develop as a tube very early on in pregnancy but then it must develop into the chambers. Although much of the development is complete by 12 weeks, it still has to grow and develop normally, so it is not sufficient to say that just because a heart starts to beat that its development is complete.
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