Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam
2:00 pm
Professor Eva Pajkrt:
I spend a lot of time in the ultrasound department. Women who have been scanned elsewhere are referred to me because there is a suspicion of a foetal anomaly. I either rule out or confirm that there is a foetal anomaly and then I counsel parents about which additional tests could be performed to achieve a final diagnosis. Once we have a final diagnosis I spend a lot of time counselling people about how to proceed with their pregnancy.
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