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 Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have one final question. I was reading through the appendix that the Professor provided. The issue of counselling came up. I know that this is an issue some people who are opposed to terminations have raised. This is the issue of a reflection period or a cooling-off period when a woman decides that she wishes to have a termination. I note that we have also heard evidence that any delay in providing a termination can also increase risk. Is it the Professor's opinion that we should never have a situation where there is mandatory cooling-off or reflection period, as some people have called for?

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