Irish psychiatrists have said they will not participate in any compulsory assessment of pregnant women who have suicidal ideation and are seeking an abortion.
The College of Psychiatry in Ireland said today its members will not be the country's "social police".
The president of the representative body for psychiatrists said that forcing vulnerable women to undergo mandatory psychiatric assessments of up to 12 people was abusive.
Speaking to RTÉ News, Dr Anthony McCarthy said compelling psychiatrists to take part in such a system was abusing their profession, which is supposed to offer comfort, compassion and support to people in vulnerable situations.
Dr McCarthy said the Government has to deal with the abortion issue and legislate adequately for it, and should not pass the social control of a situation onto psychiatrists.
He said it was the position of the college that they would not take part in such panels of forced assessments.
Dr McCarthy said psychiatrists would be happy to continue to provide second opinions, as is normal professional practice, but would not "collude" in any process of formalised compulsory assessment panels.
Psychiatrists would not act as judges, tasked with assessing whether a woman was feeling suicidal, he said.
He said asking psychiatrists to test the truth of women's stories was extremely abusive.
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