Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Essentially, apart from the point made by Senator Ruane, my issue is around viability and having no gestational limit. I would be far more comfortable if that was decided by somebody. As somebody who is very much a believer in choice, the choice of the woman, I have a difficulty with this, from a viability point of view. I understand these are women on the margins of society with whom some of us, through our other jobs, have come into contact with. Deputy Ruane is correct that people are sometimes six months pregnant before they realise it. However, I think that if something can go in to include a gestational limit, I could at least not vote against it.