Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2020
439. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if a person who suffers a failed abortion here will receive a repeat service if the failed procedure has caused them to pass the 12-week mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29644/20]
View answerSection 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 states that a termination of pregnancy may be carried out by a medical practitioner where, having examined the woman, he or she is of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that the pregnancy has not exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy.
The medical practitioner must certify this opinion and three days must elapse between certification and the procedure being carried out.
It should be noted that sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 set out other grounds on which termination of pregnancy is permitted in this country.
