Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association
1:30 pm
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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I shall digress for a minute. The World Health Organization has been incredibly strong; it has said one cannot talk about abortion without talking about contraception. Dr. Abigail Aiken mentioned that 44% of the women who accessed the services of her organisation, Women on Web, had not used contraception. There is a huge link between the availability of contraception and unintended pregnancies, which is the real issue. What measures should we put forward in that case? This committee will deal with ancillary recommendations.