The eighth amendment does not allow women the right to informed consent or refusal of treatment during pregnancy – why is this tolerated?
I had my first antenatal appointment in Ireland three years ago. I was about six weeks pregnant. Like most first time mothers I was consumed by questions: when would I feel movement? When would I have my first scan? What were my birth options? My enthusiasm was met with gentle condescension by my doctor.
They explained that most women wouldn’t even know they were pregnant at this stage and that it certainly wasn’t recommended to tell anyone other than my partner and maybe a few close family members until I was at least 12 weeks into the pregnancy. I changed the subject, struggling to conceal my embarrassment.
One mother I know described being completely dismissed by her GP after suffering two miscarriages
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As our knowledge of prenatal development grows, such control is insidiously tolerated
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