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
Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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As was stated earlier, this is one of the safest countries in the world for a baby to be born. Dr. Boylan mentioned that this probably is the strictest country in Europe but I believe Poland is a little stricter than are we at present. I want Europe and the world to realise that Ireland is a safe place to have a baby. We have fantastic medical doctors and everything else and look after the child and the mother.
There are two people involved, the unborn and the mother. The point I am trying to make is it is important that the doctor realises he has two patients.