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 Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Could we have a small bit of decorum, please?

To follow on from my question, according to an article in The Economistin 2010 this practice has led to a massively skewed sex ratio in China, India, Taiwan, Singapore and elsewhere. The head of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, BPAS, has said it should be legalised in Britain because women should be free to make the choice. I refer to a baby being aborted simply because she is a girl. Does Professor O'Keane agree with BPAS or would she outlaw sex-selection abortion?

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