Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:418. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a doctor has been convicted for terminating a pregnancy in a case in which he or she thought that the life of the mother was threatened. [12823/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 20 March 2018
Ceisteanna (418, 419, 420, 421, 422)
Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:419. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if charges have been brought against a doctor for terminating a pregnancy in a case in which he or she thought that the life of the mother was threatened. [12824/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraPeadar Tóibín
Ceist:420. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a doctor has been arrested for terminating a pregnancy in a case in which he or she thought that the life of the mother was threatened. [12825/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraPeadar Tóibín
Ceist:421. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there has ever been an investigation into a doctor for terminating a pregnancy in a case in which he or she that the life of the mother was threatened. [12826/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraPeadar Tóibín
Ceist:422. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if complaints have been reported to An Garda Síochána that a doctor was acting outside the law for terminating a pregnancy in which he or she thought that the life of the mother was threatened. [12827/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 to 422, inclusive, together.
I am not aware of any investigations, complaints to An Garda Síochána, arrests, convictions, or charges, as outlined by the Deputy, as these matters are not the responsibility of my Department.
The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 regulates access to a termination of pregnancy, if a pregnant women’s life is at risk from a threat to her physical or mental health.
Under the 2013 Act, medical procedures in respect of a pregnant woman, which result in the ending of an unborn human life, are lawful in three specified categories of circumstances: (1) Risk of loss of life from physical illness, (2) Risk of loss of life from physical illness in emergency and (3) Risk of life from suicide.