Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion
Dr. Rhona Mahony:
It is important to note that while I am here in my National Maternity Hospital capacity today, I am on the board of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group where I provide clinical expertise. I provide termination of pregnancy services and I advocated, fought and put my professional self on the line to ensure that women should, quite rightly, have access to termination of pregnancy services as autonomous women, services that make healthcare safer for women. That is really important. There is no way that I would engage in anything that would sacrifice that. I fought hard enough alongside all the women and I will never forget the abortion campaign, seeing women coming out and telling their stories, the pain we heard of, how women were listened to on that occasion and how we changed everything. There is absolutely no way that I would ever countenance moving to-----
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