Paul Bradford (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome both witnesses. I ask Professor Binchy to expand in so far as possible on his view that the range of options being presented by the expert group is not as inclusive or as broad as it could be. I welcome Mrs. Justice McGuinness back to her previous place of employment. On two occasions she used that lovely phrase, "the human dilemma". It is very difficult for any of us to be dismissive of the issue of the human dilemma. Will she agree that in our attempt to genuinely respond to the human dilemma, we must also be cognisant of the fact that in countries such as the United States and Britain, there was an attempt at a genuine response to the human dilemma of abortion in the late 1960s and early 1970s which went horrifically wrong? Does this not teach us a lesson that we must proceed with extreme caution and care when responding to what she rightly calls the human dilemma? Sometimes the initial response to that human dilemma can result in a solution that is neither humane nor a solution.