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 Sjef Gevers:
There is also another difference between the first and second trimester in our law. Abortion clinics need a special licence to be allowed to perform abortions in the second trimester. That has mainly to do with the medical complications and the skills and the facilities necessary to do it safely.
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