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
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are obviously diverging views here on this fundamental issue of whether the woman has a say in requesting a termination to save her life. Dr. Ní Bhuinneáin is saying that a woman has a say and can discuss this with her clinician and they could ultimately come to a decision, but realistically it is only the clinician who can decide at the end of the day. Am I right or am I wrong on that?