Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London

1:30 pm

Dr. Ruth Fletcher:

The Deputy is concerned about people who might feel regret but that is usually associated not with the abortion, but with the set of circumstances in which they got pregnant in the first place. These are complex experiences and varied emotional responses are not a reflection on the decision to have a termination of pregnancy. We have to differentiate between changing one's mind on the decision and having regrets about other things. It is about how we address the small number of cases where people might have-----

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