Medical matters overview

This section deals with medical matters in relation to pregnancy and why abortion is not necessary to help a woman through a difficult pregnancy.

Basically,

• Abortion is never necessary to solve complications in pregnancy

• Some rare conditions may require inducing the premature delivery of the child to save the mother’s life, after which all efforts will be made to keep the child alive

• Abortion is not a necessary part of the treatment of cancer in pregnant women

• Abortion is not necessary to prevent a woman with an unwanted pregnancy from commiting suicide

 

Dr. Berry Kiely, paediatrician, discusses the proper medical perspective in dealing with the two patients in a pregnancy and achieving the best possible outcome for both. 

 

LINKS and INFO

• Death as a result of infection during miscarriage rate - Dr Muiris Houston in the Irish Times

• Medical teams focus first on pregnant woman's health, obstetricians say

• Professor and Senator John Crowne, oncologist, speaking on Newstalk

• Key issue will be whether doctors followed guidelines

• Dr Berry Kiely on Morning Ireland

• Abortion and Mental Health - A psychiatrist's experience

• We'd rather quit medicine than perform an abortion

• Dr. Eoghan de Faoite with Dr Peter Boylan on Newstalk's Coleman at Large

• Dr. Sean O'Domhnaill with Dr. Bill Tormley on Newstalk's Coleman at Large