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:

Again, the unborn baby, to use the Senator's term, does not exist in some sort of independent state. Abortion care, like all forms of reproductive health and medical care, has to address relationships. The prenatal life is being sustained by the pregnant woman and, so, in the context of delivering abortion care for the pregnant woman-----