Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health

Photo of Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and I thank him for attending. I also welcome the review. As somebody who voted "Yes" but, unlike others here, was not an active participant in the campaign, I am a little concerned. We are talking about the review of the legislation, but already we are hearing talk of what will happen if the review suggests that we get rid of the 12-weeks provision, increase that limit further or get rid of the three-day period. This is only three years after the referendum that was put to the people on a set of facts based on the legislation. I am a little bit concerned that we are jumping fences and are already suggesting that we get rid of the fundamentals that were part of the legislation. I would welcome a comment from the Minister on that rather than on the review of how the legislation is working.

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