Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to get to that. I have very limited time. I appreciate the answers that I have been given. The report goes into this in detail with the UnPAC report, which showed that the respondents wished to access care as expeditiously as possible and did not perceive any benefit of having a three-day period of refection on their decision. The stated that they felt certain of their decision, that they had not taken it lightly and that they had reflected prior to attending a clinician in the first instance. The Mullaly report, which is mentioned, supports that perception and describes the necessity for a waiting period as being presumptive and patronising.

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