Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane

1:30 pm

Photo of Peter FitzpatrickPeter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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There are more than 100,000 people alive in Ireland today because of the eighth amendment. In the UK there are 190,000 abortions every year. Some 98% of those abortions take place on mental health grounds. Has the witness come across Ms Ann Furedi, who is the director of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service?