Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane

1:30 pm

Photo of Peter FitzpatrickPeter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

She is the CEO of one of the leading providers of abortion in the UK. She said, "It is not the case that the majority of women seeking abortions are necessarily at risk of damaging their mental health by continuing the pregnancy". This is significant in terms of the law. Women and men in the UK have indicated that this is the law. Will the witness discuss those comments and the current operation of the laws in the UK?

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