Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health
Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)
11:10 am
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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No. The point I am trying to make to the Minister is that there is a need for differentiation between an induction and a medical abortion in how the statistics are compiled. In the third trimester the normal medical procedure involves an induction and an early cessation of the pregnancy rather than an abortion. At earlier stages different procedures are involved. The statistics should differentiate between actual medical abortions and early deliveries. Provision needs to be made to differentiate between the two categories.