Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that GPs would hold stocks of all abortion drugs so that women would not need to go to a local pharmacy to have their prescriptions filled and therefore pharmacists do not need to be included in the conscientious objection provisions. Do we know that this will be the case? Where does the legislation make this clear? Can the Minister guarantee that no local pharmacist will be expected to stock and dispense these drugs for the purpose of inducing an abortion. What if a GP does not have sufficient quantities in stock? Will he or she expect the local pharmacist to supply them? Hospital pharmacists will, no doubt, need to be involved in abortions, involving a variety of chemicals and drugs from nine weeks onwards.

Why are they not covered under section 24 of the Bill?

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