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
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Deputy Cullinane asked why there is a three-day waiting period. Ms O'Shea said other jurisdictions have a similar period. She did not name them. I am not sure how many there are. The three-day arrangement probably came from other jurisdictions, in addition to its having been put in place to provide some comfort to those who were not fully convinced they would vote "Yes". The delegates mentioned that in their commentary.
I am a little confused about the figures. The report states there were 17,820 terminations but that the figure may not be accurate as the total number of notifications does not align with the number of claims for payment made by GPs, which, according to replies to parliamentary questions asked by Deputy Nolan, amounts to more than 28,000 for the same-----
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