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

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent)
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It concerned the impact of socio-economic circumstances on a woman's options. All options might not be available to her given the circumstances in which she finds herself. It is probably quite a broad question. It has been said that there are as many reasons as there are pregnancies so it is such a wide range to capture. We think we have options and a choice in those options but sometimes because of our socio-economic disadvantage or circumstances, even our options are limited. Is that the case?