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

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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We had a session at which we discussed abortion rates worldwide. The highest abortion rate, according to our evidence, occurs in Sweden, where it is 18 in every 1,000. The lowest is in Switzerland, where the rate is five in every 1,000. I do not know how that tallies with the 20% figure, or one in every five.