Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

First, often the abnormalities in question will present late in a pregnancy and involve small numbers. These are extreme situations in which people find themselves and are very unexpected. On most occasions, it is even more distressing because it involves a baby who was wanted and all the positive things that go with that.

The Citizens' Assembly was straightforward. I do not have an issue with the one as it is presented. It is covered one way or the other. It cannot be diagnosed earlier. That is the reality.