Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Medical Law Review: Dr. Ruth Fletcher, Queen Mary University London

1:30 pm

Dr. Ruth Fletcher:

What does "medically safe" mean? If it means detaining a woman against her will or inflicting degrading treatment on her, then those are forms of treatment that are not sustainable and not rights-respecting.