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 Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about the procurement and use of abortion pills. Do the witnesses believe that because they were involved in an illegal act and committed an offence under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, for which they can be prosecuted, that the effect on young vulnerable girls in a crisis pregnancy is so chilling that they are discouraged from accessing medical care if the termination goes wrong?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.