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
Dr. Catherine Conlon:
Data are available on the way in which the three-day waiting period is not seen to support women's decision-making. What is to say that the 2%, or whatever the proportion is, who made an appointment with a GP to discuss a crisis pregnancy would not have withdrawn in any case? Why is this specifically about the three-day waiting period? It could simply have been a matter of the conversation with a professional.
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