Dr. Catherine Conlon:

It is there at the moment instead of data that are directed more towards quality of care considerations. That seems completely anomalous. It applies to abortion and any other form of healthcare. The international evidence would say that anything that makes for exceptionalism in this particular area of healthcare, whether criminalisation, a three-day wait or specific notifications, contributes to accumulation of stigmatisation and making it a particular form of healthcare that does not go towards normalisation, which it seems like this Act or model of care was intended to do.