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 Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 164:

In page 16, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“Offence against medical practitioner or healthcare facility

25.(1) It shall be an offence for a person, persons, or group to expose in any way the name of a medical practitioner, practitioners, or healthcare facility that has, is, or will carry out or participate in the termination of a pregnancy for the purposes of harassment.

(2) It shall be an offence for a person, persons, or group to protest or harass a medical practitioner, practitioners, or healthcare facility that has, is, or will carry out or participate in the termination of a pregnancy.

(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.

(4) A prosecution for an offence under this section may be brought only by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.”.

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