Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree that the medical guidelines are very clear, but none of my three questions was answered. The first concerns the distinction as Ms Spillane sees it between an abortion and the termination of a pregnancy by therapeutic intervention. What is the evidence base for suicide being used as a ground for termination? We are talking about today, not in 20 years time as medicine as evolved. Is there merit in preserving the two patient system? That only requires a "Yes" or "No" answer.