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THE FORMER MASTER of the Rotunda Hospital has said there has been no increase in the number of women seeking an abortion due to a risk of suicide.
Dr Sam Coulter-Smith said there was a fear before the introduction of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy legislation that there would be “an increased number of people claiming suicidality, and wishing to have a termination on those grounds”.
“We haven’t seen that happen,” he told The Colette Fitzpatrick Show on Newstalk, saying the floodgates that were expected to open never did.
Coulter-Smith said that nationally between 20 and 30 terminations have taken place under these circumstances, with only a “tiny” number at Rotunda.
I’m not a psychiatrist, so I’m not an expert on mental health issues. Mental health is a huge issue in pregnancy. I’ve talked to a number of psychologists about this. There’s no universal agreement that termination of a pregnancy is a treatment for someone who has suicidal ideation. I’m not totally convinced.
Dr Sam Coulter-SmithSource: Screenshot via VisionsforIreland/YouTubeHe added that the legislation, introduced in the wake of the death of Savita Halappanavar who died from septicemia after a miscarriage in October 2012 at University Hospital Galway, is welcome:
It's useful and good that [doctors have] a system in place that if they need to terminate a pregnancy in order to save a mother's life, they can do so within the law.
The doctor stepped down at the end of 2015 as the lead obstetrician at the hospital after seven years.
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Decisions in dublin bus go round and round, round and round round and round…..
They like to do things that suits them and not the customers. Love to know the exact reasons for the change they want. A drivers Sunday roast break.
It might have had something to do with fact that bus journeys in Dublin often go take ages due to their convoluted routes.
I love those endearing Management bullshit terms – reliability, customer friendly, sustainability, efficiency, the list goes on & on.
Dublin bus is a useless quango that only exists for the benefit of the drivers. I live near the 27 bus route and at times they’re so rare that when the bus appears it’s like a mirage
So Rare ! Last week I saw 2x 27buses passing me bye in Fairview within seconds of each other.
The 27 is probably one of the least rare bus routes in their fleet.
This is national news then
Actually it is yesterdays news Aidan, but you are only reading it now due to your crappy Broadband down in Cork.
Haha
Some cream for that burn, Aidan?
This is really important news for the country
It is. More people would be affected by this than the population of Leitrim. Important it gets coverage.
It’s an important route to Beaumont Hospital. The 17a is the most undependable bus ever.
Galway people and Kerry people are REALLY interested in the 27B Dublin bus route.
As is the Secretary General of the United Nations.
Not.
The 360meg bb is fine in Cork thanks
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