Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all the witnesses here today. I am sure we all agree that Irish hospitals are among the safest and best in the world and that our doctors, nurses and midwives do a great job.

The Catholic Church stated it has never thought the life of a child in the womb should be preferred to that of the mother and that the mother and child are two patients and I ask Dr. Jones to elaborate on this. Dr. Jones spoke about medical treatment which does not directly and intentionally seek the end of the life of the unborn baby. and I ask him to elaborate on this also. I also ask him to elaborate on what he stated about abortion and the direct and intentional destruction of an unborn baby.