Seanad debates

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

10:30 am

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not mind speaking over it while the situation is being resolved. In terms of the examination, ultrasound is already covered where it is medically required, but that is not what the amendment is doing. What the amendment is stating is there would be situations in which a woman may believe she has been offered an ultrasound by the doctor because it is medically necessary but in fact it is being offered by the doctor because he or she is legally obliged to do so. Ultrasounds will be brought in as a legal provision and doctors will be legally obliged to offer them. In terms of the relationship between the doctor and a woman, it is not an appropriate basis-----

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