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

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1:40 pm

Dr. Peter Boylan:

We certainly discuss everything with the woman, as the condition evolves. Absolutely, that is the way it happens. The decision as to whether a woman's life is in danger is the doctor's decision and not the mother's decision.

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