Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations

1:30 pm

Ms Emily Logan:

We have included in our document information on conscientious objection. Other jurisdictions provide clear guidance to medical practitioners, those objecting and those non-objecting, and we have mentioned in extreme circumstances that this needs to be considered. It is highly unusual but it is certainly provided for in other jurisdictions. Pages 27 and 28 of our submission contain a number of references to the articulation of this, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.