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 Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, the woman and the abortion pills is one part of it, but if one has legislation that permits abortion in so many different circumstances one will still have circumstances outside of that where doctors who intervene should be decriminalised. What about where a woman's circumstances do not fall under any of the legislation and she might need to travel? There will still be women who travel and there will be doctors who need to be able to support and refer those women. There are other parts of it that need to be decriminalised. It also has implications for family members. At present, in many cases, family members are the ones who access abortion pills for their daughters and there are many who will still be criminalised under those three headings.

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