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
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source
Deputy Daly covered some of what I wanted to ask, so I will be quick. Professor O'Keane has said to us clearly that Article 40.3.3o should be taken out of the Constitution. If I understand her correctly, she believes it should be dealt with on the basis of a health issue and health provision rather than the criminal law. I gather that is a correct interpretation. It is helpful for us to hear that from Professor O'Keane.
I would like to go back to a related issue. I am unsure whether the number is correct, but let us suppose there are ten people per day going to Britain and five people taking pills each day. Earlier, Professor O'Keane described the other women-----
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