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

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

She would fully stand over all of the research. She found it fair, inclusive, unbiased, impartial, and so on.

On conscientious objection, the potential conflict was asked about earlier with regard to a patient’s right to have access to a service and then conscientious objection arising. Is there a clash between both of those, particularly in circumstances where a conscientious objector does not refer a patient on to a clinician who does not conscientiously object? Is that something that is a difficulty and is it something that needs to be addressed?

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