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

Dr. Peter Boylan:

They have got to do something now. The eighth amendment is no longer fit for purpose. It has caused enormous problems and huge distress to women. It needs to be repealed and the legislators need to legislate. I hope that when members come to introduce legislation they will be guided by what we said here today and by the findings of the Citizens' Assembly.