Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: One Day More (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Ms Liz McDermott:

Yes. Counselling can really bring someone to a point of saying this is the reality of who their child is. My child and the children of lots of other people with disabled children have revealed to them aspects of their personality and contributed to their lives in a way we cannot foresee.