Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital

1:30 pm

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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If a woman had to prove a criminal offence through the courts beyond reasonable doubt, it would have no effectiveness, due to the delay it would take in getting to that point.