Leading psychiatrist rubbishes 'idiotic' abortion assessment plans

A psychiatric specialist has warned the Government that proposals to force potentially suicidal pregnant women to be assessed by six doctors are idiotic and a sick joke.

Leading psychiatrist rubbishes 'idiotic' abortion assessment plans

A psychiatric specialist has warned the Government that proposals to force potentially suicidal pregnant women to be assessed by six doctors are idiotic and a sick joke.

Dr Anthony McCarthy, one of only three perinatal psychiatrists in the country, gave the damning verdict in response to suggestions that new laws will demand women face a panel of medics when suffering serious mental health problems.

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