Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee

2:00 pm

Photo of Lisa ChambersLisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The motion is to ask that the committee recommend that in circumstances of fatal foetal abnormality and a diagnosis of same by a medical team, the family affected be shown a compassionate approach. Evidence before the committee included a harrowing account of the legal situation that families find themselves in, where an individual spoke about suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because she was not provided with services here in her own country. For me personally, this is a matter the pregnant woman, in conjunction with her family, doctor, partner and those close to her, to decide for themselves. It should not be limited in law.

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