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:

Yes. In terms of the Deputy asking whether psychological help is mandatory, in a case involving rape or incest, we would do the abortion and would strongly insist that the woman be helped to get counselling, youth care or whatever assistance she needed.

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