Ms Marie O'Shea:

That would up to the HSE. The GPs I spoke to referred to talking to women when they present to the surgery. It is a process. It is about abortion care; it is not just about delivering termination of a pregnancy. They say they do investigate how much due consideration a person has given to this, I suppose from the point of view that hypothetically maybe a person goes in and says, “I am here now, I had better go on with it.” I think if they are told by a GP that this is optional, that they do have a right to a reflection period if they need it. Some people may regard that as quite patronising and I do not intend that to be so. It is perhaps just to take pressure off people and reassure them that they do have time, they can wait, they do not have to come back. I think it is important that it would be kept in the GP contract as well.