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:

I think there were four questions. I will take them in reverse order. The issue of death before or after birth could be helped if the word "usually" was added.

That gives a degree of scope because nothing - or very few things - in medicine is 100%. If one said "usually death before or after", that would help the committee's recommendations tremendously. In talking about the neonatal period, we generally speak about the first four weeks of life.

For the first two questions I have written down "clinical indications". What was the Deputy's second question?

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