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

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the delegates for their presentations. Do they think palliative care or hospice services for those who wish to continue with a pregnancy where life after birth is likely to be short are equal throughout the country? How difficult is it for staff to provide appropriate non-directive counselling for a woman seeking an abortion under the current legislation and what impact does it have on the clinical care and best practice in caring for women and children?

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