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 Ruth CoppingerRuth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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I would also like to ask Dr. Boylan a few questions. He has spoken about the genie being out of the bottle because pregnant women can access abortion pills on the Internet and also find out quite a lot about them. It is not like 1983. What percentage of abortions would be covered by the 12-week period recommended by the Citizens' Assembly?