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

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Dr. Boylan referred to legislators having to grasp the nettle in terms of legislating for reproductive health. In regard to the 99% versus the 1% in terms of Ireland and Malta, is there a model of best practice within the European Union that he believes Ireland should emulate?