Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all of the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. In recent days we have heard medical opinion, and one issue many of us, including me, struggle with is that of suicide. The psychiatrists seem to be agreed on the fact that for every 100 suicides they predict, only three will materialise to actual suicide. This may mean that if we were to legislate, for every 100 abortions authorised or deemed to be appropriate part of treatment only three would have been necessary. I am interested to hear the views of the various churches and I ask the panel, in particular Ms Good and Mr Nugent, to comment on this.