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
Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I welcome Dr. Lohr from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. The head of Dr. Lohr's organisation, Ann Furedi, recently spoke on television about how she feels that abortion should be available for sex selection, if a woman finds that she is expecting a baby girl but wanted a baby boy that should be grounds for an abortion. I think most people find it quite upsetting that anyone would think a baby's life should be ended simply because she is a girl. Does Dr. Lohr think that abortion should be allowed on grounds of gender so that a woman can abort a baby girl if she wants a boy instead? The name of the programme is "Loose Women". It is a daytime programme.