Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

International Context: Dr. Patricia Lohr, British Pregnancy Advisory Service

1:30 pm

Dr. Patricia Lohr:

That is correct. Two doctors have to sign a form called an HSA1 form after reviewing the circumstances of the woman who is requesting the abortion, to determine whether she fits one of the five grounds of the Act.