Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements
1:10 pm
Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source
In conclusion, we should not forget the British experience in which approximately 95% of the 190,000 abortions that take place in Britain each year are on mental health grounds. We have heard how difficult it is for psychiatrists to predict that a person is suicidal. We are now expecting them to tell us that not only that a person is suicidal while pregnant but they are suicidal because they are pregnant.
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