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 if I understand the Deputy correctly.
A physician or gynaecologist has his or her own ethical framework. If a physician is opposed to abortion and a woman comes to him or her with a request for an abortion, he or she does not have to personally carry it out but must refer the woman to a professional who is willing to help her. Does that answer the Deputy's question?
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