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
Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
This is the problem really. Ultimately the witnesses have detailed situations where expectant parents have had to travel to receive a termination for a much-wanted pregnancy in a situation where they have been given clinical advice that the baby will not survive very long but where they do not have the clinical clarity to be able to say they are within section 11 of the legislation. It is wrong that this is still happening. It is not what people in Ireland voted for. I would like to see the specific recommendation of the witnesses to tackle this. Is it with regard to a timeframe? What is the specific takeaway?
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