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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: My question related to the duty of care towards the unborn. Do Ms O'Connor and the National Women's Council believe that the unborn has rights and that there is a duty of care towards the unborn?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: As a State-funded organisation that seeks to represent the views of all Irish women, does the National Women's Council feel any obligation to represent the views of many Irish women who are opposed to abortion? Does the council believe that the unborn has any rights? Its representative approvingly quoted the United Nations special rapporteur as saying that restrictions are an impermissible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: In conclusion, my question to all of the groups is whether they would support the choice of a woman who wishes to abort her baby because the baby's gender poses a mental health threat to the mother, and whether they would support the choice of a woman who wishes to abort because the foetus has been diagnosed with a cleft palate, where this poses a mental health threat to the mother?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: In his submission, Dr. Seán Ó Domhnaill referred to a recent international symposium on maternal health in Dublin at which it was confirmed direct abortion was not necessary to save mothers' lives and that this declaration has been signed by 400 doctors to date. Will he give some background to this declaration? What parts of the country are these doctors from and what are their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us today. My first question is directed to Bishop Jones and Fr. Bartlett. It was stated that when a seriously ill pregnant woman needs medical treatment, which may indirectly put the life of her baby at risk, such treatments are morally ethical provided every effort is made to save the life of both the mother and her baby. I would welcome comment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I thank both expert witnesses for attending. I ask the following question of both of them. Should a court evolve, in relation to its judgments, in light of developing scientific knowledge, even if that is the Supreme Court? The X case happened 20 years ago and there has been extensive evidence from psychiatrists consistent with the view that abortion may be associated with an increased...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Chairman, I would like to ask----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Chairman, the question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: What is Ms Staunton's personal view in respect of the current situation? She seems to be advocating a lower test in respect of abortion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I just quoted from a paper in which Ms Staunton referred to circumstances in which the health and well-being of a mother is at risk and she is not in a position to voluntarily travel abroad for an abortion, but she has no option but to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Yesterday we heard from the masters of the large maternity hospitals that they did not feel restricted in offering all necessary medical assistance to pregnant mothers in a medical emergency. They further stated they were personally unaware of and had not seen examples where current law and practice had restricted the provision of all necessary care for women in these circumstances. If that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: There is a problem with the sound. It is not coming out on the microphone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Will Professor Harrison say if the institute has consulted its full membership about the expert group report? What form of consultation was taken in that process? My next question is for Mr. Behan of the Irish Family Planning Association. Considering the low level of maternal deaths in this country, why does he think Ireland is an unsafe place for a woman to be pregnant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Professor O'Keane's submission suggests suicidal ideation can be addressed only by the termination of a pregnancy, yet her colleagues in perinatal medicine say they have never seen such a case. What do the psychiatric textbooks say on that matter? Has the professor any scientific basis for her belief that abortion will help a suicidal woman? The professor stated that if a woman told her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Has any of the Masters present withheld treatment or refused medical intervention to save a mother's life on legal grounds? Is there any evidence of pregnant women in Irish hospitals not receiving appropriate medical care due to the current state of the law? Should everything possible be done to protect pregnant women from the threat of suicide without terminating their pregnancies? My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I asked a number of questions which do not seem to have been answered correctly. What clinical research supports the view that abortion is an appropriate treatment for suicide ideation? This is a crucial question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: What correspondence has the Medical Council received from doctors regarding their difficulty in understanding the guidelines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Paragraph 21.1 relates to abortion being illegal in Ireland, with the exception of circumstances "where there is clear and substantial risk to the life of the mother arising from a threat of suicide." Obviously these guidelines are directed towards doctors. It further states: "You should undertake a full assessment of any such risk in light of the clinical research on this issue." What is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I understand that of the large number of submissions made to the committee, not all submitting parties were selected to appear this week to deliver a presentation in person. Will the submissions by parties not attending the meetings this week be posted to the committee's website?