Ms Marie O'Shea:

The terms of reference were informed by three strands, namely, the public consultation, the service providers and the service users. The matter only arose in the context of the research that was carried out in terms of the effect it had on the service providers. That is all I am really qualified to comment on, and that is why that aspect is dealt with in the report. I acknowledge that the WHO guidance and the international human rights bodies' approaches to termination of pregnancy are that it should be decriminalised in full. There is an evidence base for that, but I cannot put it any further than that in terms of my recommendations. I have to go on the data I collected.