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:

We have no data on that. I think it is set up that way as a protection for the minor. It is not so much about the parents not consenting. It is more a question of whether the minor wants her parents to know. If we feel there is a situation that would basically endanger the life of the minor, we might consider doing an abortion without informing the parents. It is all very speculative and we do not have any figures.

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