Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Has any of the Masters present withheld treatment or refused medical intervention to save a mother's life on legal grounds? Is there any evidence of pregnant women in Irish hospitals not receiving appropriate medical care due to the current state of the law? Should everything possible be done to protect pregnant women from the threat of suicide without terminating their pregnancies?

My next question is a difficult one, but it is critical that we have all of the facts as legislators. Regarding a suicidal patient, what is the exact procedure for terminating her pregnancy? If she is 24 weeks pregnant, what procedure is used on the baby? Are there constraints on carrying out abortions in the later stages of pregnancy, that is, after 30 weeks, where a woman presents with a threat of suicide?

Dr. McCaffrey constantly referred to a patient, but does she not believe that there are two patients, namely, mother and baby?