Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital

1:30 pm

Mr. Peter Thompson:

Babies move. I refer to what the Royal College said. Whether or not reflex movements are associated with pain depends on when the cortex forms. Babies may move when any invasive procedure is carried out, whether that be to tap a baby's pleural effusion or to perform a foeticide.

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