Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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On the issue of continuity of care, prior to the legislation I travelled to Liverpool and it was helpful meeting the team there. One of the questions one of the group asked was whether there was a difference between Irish women and women from the UK attending. This was in the context of Doctors for Choice in regard to foetal abnormalities. The response was that the one difference they could see was that Irish women felt that they would be judged, which in that kind of environment was an added pressure in addition to the travel, etc. In an earlier session, we heard about women sometimes not talking to their doctor and opting for online medication because they feel that they would be judged. In regard to the medical profession, is there a discussion on how, when women present is handled non-judgmentally and for people to expect it to be non-judgmental?