Irish College Of General Practitioners presents submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

12 October 2017

Irish College Of General Practitioners presents submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

The Irish College of General Practitioners today (Thursday 12 October 2017) presented its submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

Dr Brendan O'Shea, Director of the Postgraduate Resource Centre, ICGP, and Dr Karena Hanley, National Director of GP Training, ICGP


The College's representatives, Dr Brendan O'Shea, Director of the Post-Graduate Resource Centre, ICGP, and Dr Karena Hanley, National Director of GP Training, ICGP, spoke on the written submission made to the Committee, which addresses the College's perspective on crisis pregnancy, focusing on the health of the woman with no distinction being drawn between physical and mental health.

The full submission is available here.

Click here for the Oireachtas TV playback of the presentation (begins at 1:12:35).

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Tel. 01 5175311 / 087 2239830, Email: media@icgp.ie