Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights
1:30 pm
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source
That answers the question but I do not agree with Ms Hoctor. The United Nations committee on the rights of persons with disabilities stated that legalising abortion on disability grounds was a violation of the human rights of people with disabilities under the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. I travelled with some people to the UN in 2015 and attended the committee. What comment does Ms Hoctor have to make on that point?
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