Dr. Peter McKenna:

In very general terms, my practice was in hospitals and the first port of call under the circumstances is hardly ever a hospital. It is in primary care. I would not be equipped really to deal with this. If a woman presents with a medical health problem, and that is presenting a difficulty and challenge to her life, then the services do exist to advise accordingly. The most common is a heart problem. In many years of working in this area, I do not think I have ever been approached by somebody who did not have a health problem, or by a doctor asking me on behalf of a woman who did not have a health problem, what would we do here. If termination is what is required, or what is requested under those circumstances, for no health reason it is not possible to facilitate it at present in a hospital here.