Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital
1:30 pm
Dr. Maeve Eogan:
Through preparing for this meeting and reviewing details and documentation over the past several years, it is has become clear that there are more pregnant women in the sexual assault unit than women who become pregnant as a result of the rape, which is a damning indictment of the statistics in terms of domestic violence and pregnancy. The Deputy is correct.
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