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

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I understand that and there is a very clear difference between the position described and what happens here. The majority of abortions in the Netherlands take place in abortion clinics. In hindsight, does this create problems? We have heard from psychologists about stigma and protests outside abortion clinics. Do clinics in the Netherlands attract protests? Would it be better to embed abortion services in hospitals? Has this been the experience in the Netherlands?

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