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

Ms Marie O'Shea:

We do have the data on the negative effects and unintended consequences. These are certainly causing trouble. We do have to trust our GPs. They say that the care is abortion care, not care to give a termination of pregnancy. Part of the informed-consent procedure involves ascertaining whether a person has given due consideration. People just have to be trusted. The picture as a whole points to making it optional rather than mandatory.

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