Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. I have only one question. The issue of suicide by pregnant women has been a theme in our discussions over the last three days. It has been alluded to by one or two speakers this morning that we may not be happy to acknowledge the reality that in a thankfully small number of cases, a pregnant woman may feel her mental health is threatened. As legislators, we must take that into consideration, whether it is three cases or 300. It is sometimes argued that if legislators acknowledge the risk of suicide for some women, it will open the floodgates. I do not agree with that. It is one of the most insensitive and insulting statements about Irish or any other women. Do the witnesses share that view?