Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association

1:30 pm

Dr. Caitriona Henchion:

I think it is very difficult to quantify but there is no question that they are not getting the opportunity to sit down and discuss their concerns with another person at the outset. That is the first part they are missing. Then there is not that very solid advice of "if this happens, this is where you go and it will be fine if you go there". That is the other part that is missing. There is no nice, easy follow-up care when anything does go wrong. Obviously, then, they are not getting their contraception either.

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