Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----that apparently is being put forward. Not only is this abusive of and insulting to women but it also is in clear breach of the judgment in December 2010 of the European Court of Human Rights in the A, B and C v. Ireland case. In that judgment, the court required that Ireland adopt an accessible and effective procedure whereby women could access their rights to a lawful abortion where pregnancy threatened their lives. It would be unacceptable were the legislation proposed by the Government to not, at the very least, comply with the requirement of the European Court of Human Rights.