AQW 3647/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Justice

To ask the Minister of Justice how the working group on fatal foetal abnormality differs from previous policy development processes taken by her Department.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 21 September 2016

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Tabled
21 September 2016
Answer due by
6 October 2016
Answered
6 October 201615 days after tabling
Department
Department of Justice
Priority question
No

Answer

Previous policy development was undertaken unilaterally by the Department of Justice. The current working group operates on an inter-Departmental basis with the Department of Health and its terms of reference focus on health care provision for women with a diagnosis of fatal fetal abnormality.

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