Michael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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I thank Dr. Boylan. To start, I would like to ask two questions. On the heads of the general scheme of the Bill, published in July of this year, which is the only document that we have to work on at the moment because we do not have the legislation yet, in head 7 in relation to early pregnancy, there is a requirement that the medical practitioner forms an opinion in good faith that the pregnancy concerned is not in excess of 12 weeks. Is Dr. Boylan making a distinction between nine weeks and 12 weeks in that after nine weeks it should occur in a hospital setting?