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
Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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The witness has made a strong case for decentralisation of abortion care, with mention of potential administration of abortion by GPs, nurses and midwives. How important is this in the context of reducing geographical barriers to abortion access and also in the context of the well-developed trend of anti-abortion protests in the UK outside approved clinics?