Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
655. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that women travelling for an abortion are facilitated in having all relevant medical information sent by their doctor here to the doctors in the medical centre abroad where they are to have their abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26913/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act, 1995 defines the conditions under which information relating to abortion services lawfully available in another state might be made available in Ireland. Medical professionals are not precluded under the Act from giving a pregnant woman all the information necessary to enable her to make an informed decision provided a termination of pregnancy is not advocated or promoted. The Act does not prevent a doctor communicating in the normal way with another medical professional in regard to his/her patient’s care nor does the Act prevent the woman receiving a copy of any medical, surgical, clinical or other records relating to her case.
