Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2018

Select Committee on Health

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Photo of Carol NolanCarol Nolan (Offaly, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this amendment is to give information should the woman wish to avail of it. It needs to be stated clearly and strongly that no woman would be forced to avail of such information. During the campaign, and in this Chamber, we heard a good deal about women needing to have choices and options. That is all the amendment is doing. We are not making any assumptions but simply saying that the information should be made available and that no woman would be forced to avail of it. I ask again-----

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