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 Bríd SmithBríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

On reason 9, motion 18 that we voted in, from the three Fianna Fáil members of the committee, Deputies Chambers, Kelleher and O'Sullivan, it starts with legislating for the termination of pregnancy for the complexities of rape and incest. Later on, the statement refers to making the termination of pregnancy lawful with no restriction of reason to a gestational period of 12 weeks. I am slightly concerned that those who are framing the legislation may interpret that as no restriction if one is going to say one was raped or suffered incest. I want this committee to say whether they mean that or do they mean no restriction up to 12 weeks?

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