Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee

2:00 pm

Photo of Catherine NooneCatherine Noone (Fine Gael)
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Will I try again to see if it is agreeable? The wording is:

That the committee recommend that surgical terminations may only be legally carried out in a hospital or licensed clinic, and that medical terminations should be provided for through the licensing of medications for that purpose and prescribed by a qualified practitioner acting in good faith. Where terminations occur in such settings, no criminal sanctions should apply, and in cases where a woman procures or seeks to procure an abortion for herself, that she be no guilty of an offence and that legislation to that end should be put in place.