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 do not know why that is the case. I think that for women who are considering an abortion, it is easy today. One can get a pregnancy test anywhere so women can know very early that they are pregnant. If they are considering an abortion, they will do it as soon as possible. I do not know why there is a 10% difference between Britain and the Netherlands.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.