Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Mary Favier:

The WHO guidelines on safe abortion have quite a considerable section on the matter. I suggest that members access those guidelines. In terms of harm, the WHO argues that the biggest issue is that the wait delays gestations or delays when a woman receives a service, and then there are more medical harms associated with that.