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:
There are such examples and Canada, where abortion care is regulated under the health act, is one. Decriminalisation came with the striking down of the criminal provisions by the Supreme Court. This might not translate particularly well into the Irish environment because we might need more than the striking down of the criminal provisions.
Obviously, that is something to be debated and considered.