Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage

8:10 pm

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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We are told that "best clinical practice" and "best medical practice" have no legal status. Therefore, including them would undermine the "reasonable opinion". That is the stark and simple advice, but that is what it is.