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:

I mean instead of shrouding it, as it is in the UK, where effectively it is on request. Two doctors have to sign a document but effectively it is on the request of the woman, for whatever reason - risk to health, socioeconomic reasons and so forth.

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