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 Catherine NooneCatherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think it is very important that we reflect in the report the situation described. Decriminalisation is a huge issue but we have to make laws for the most unlikely, unscrupulous scenarios that might arise where a doctor for whatever reason may decide to perform a termination at a very late period. That is a situation that we would not want to criminalise the woman for but it would be important to-----

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