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:
We have sent copies of all the relevant laws which are referenced in the chart to all members of the committee and we have hard copies here. It would be possible to check which countries have the ten week limit, for example, and to assess where the starting point for that limit is. The practice across Europe differs significantly in respect of the starting point.