Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE
1:30 pm
Ms Janice Donlon:
Again, international evidence would concur that women do not tend to seek counselling post-abortion in great numbers. I think our numbers are reflective of that. We certainly want to ensure that women are aware of the services, that they are free and open to women who have had terminations not just recently but in the past as well. The services are available there. Certainly, we would not anticipate an increase in the numbers attending the services.