Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask for clarification because I am a little confused. I have a question for Ms Schweppe which may seem irrelevant to this discussion. I have listened with great interest to all the expert opinions. I am not a legal professional with a legal mind nor am I a doctor. I am a housewife who became a politician. I do not know of any pregnant woman who does not say, "I am having a baby". I do not know of anybody who does not approach a pregnant woman and acknowledge that she is expecting a baby. In the opinion of the legal representatives here, when is a baby a baby? Is it before birth or after birth? I am still confused in what the witnesses have been saying about the foetus. I ask for clarification because it would be of great assistance to me.