Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin
1:40 pm
Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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I would like to start by asking each of the speakers about their own personal ethical position on abortion. In other words, do they believe that at any stage the unborn baby has a right to be protected, independently of the question of whether his or her continued existence is desired? In what cases do they believe the baby has a right to be protected?