Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights

1:30 pm

Ms Leah Hoctor:

On how Europe is looking at this, our sense would be that Europe is watching and waiting. Ireland is a valuable European partner for many European states and there would be a sense of interest in the matter in the hope that Ireland can find a resolution.