Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion

Dr. Catherine Conlon:

Yes. They are going to their health practitioners seeking care and being told that they have to have this enforced reflection period, which is exceptional in the abortion case in the context of healthcare. They are seeking healthcare and they are being told there is an enforced reflection period. It is at odds with the position that they are presenting.