Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin

1:40 pm

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, where abortion is legalised, in liberal regimes for want of a better word. Does Dr. Boylan not accept that Ireland, with one in 19 pregnancies ending in abortion, has just a fraction of the rate of abortions that have taken place in Britain where nearly 200,000 abortions take place each year? In some cases these are late-term abortions because there is no time limit for even relatively minor disabilities such as cleft palate. Does he not accept that this indicates the protective effect of the Irish law?

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