So, it moves on to the next stage
The Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment has voted by 12 votes to five in favour of a motion to recommend making the termination of pregnancy lawful with no restriction up to 12 weeks.
The motion states that this would be through a GP-led service or delivered in a clinical context, and determined by law and licencing practice in Ireland.
This recommendation was made in view of the complexities of legislating specifically for the termination of pregnancy for reasons of rape and incest.
Committee members have also voted to allow termination of pregnancy where the unborn child has a life-limiting condition that is likely to result in death before or shortly after birth.
The committee voted to accept that a medical diagnosis of a life-limiting condition made by a doctor in good faith requires a compassionate approach to the family affected and that termination of pregnancy services should be available in such circumstances by 18 votes to three.
A motion to remove gestational limits in cases of significant fatal feotal abnormality was defeated.
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The committee then voted in favour of a recommendation by the Citizens' Assembly that termination of pregnancy should be lawful in Ireland if there is a real and substantial physical risk to the life or the health of the woman.
99% of the Citizens' Assembly voted in favour of this particular reason for termination of pregnancy.
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The committee also voted by 12 votes to five in favour of a motion to recommend dealing with the issue of pregnancy as a result of rape, by making the termination of pregnancy lawful with no restriction up to a limit of 12 weeks.
The motion states that this would be through a GP-led service or delivered in a clinical context, and determined by law and licencing practice in Ireland.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1213/927010-eighth_amendment/
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