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

Dr. Gilda Sedgh:

If the abortion rate were to decline further in eastern Europe, we would see an even lower abortion rate in the group of countries where abortion is allowed on request, yes.