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:

We did an evaluation in 2005 and we found that the number of second trimester abortions was relatively high. It was not high in absolute numbers but was relatively high because of women coming from countries where there was a strict 12 week limit. In terms of the statistics we have now, it is difficult to say whether this is still the case but it may be.

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