Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital

1:30 pm

Mr. Peter Thompson:

They have expressed to us about the costs, but once they are in the UK they tend to stay. There is, however, a constant pressure to keep the costs down for them. The woman's partner is often there too. One is aware of an external force that one probably should not be aware of.