Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Department of Health and the HSE

3:00 pm

Dr. Peter McKenna:

I am not minimising the importance of it but I see a certain amount of difficulty in that. In my clinic I see a woman who has a cardiac problem. She asked about her risk, should she take that risk or should she have a termination. I explained to her that her risk of dying could vary from 10% to much the same as for a normal woman. Is this inquiry a request or is it an inquiry? It is difficult to know when an inquiry becomes a request, if the Deputy knows what I mean.

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