Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The bad science in Britain has allowed approximately 7 million abortions. That is very bad science, irrespective of Professor Ferguson's research papers. We are talking about the deaths of 7 million people, more than in the Holocaust. In America 55 million lives have been lost.

I thank the witnesses for all the work they do to look after people. My wife was very important to me when she was pregnant. Equally important are my daughters, my sisters, three of whom are nurses, and my brothers, two of whom are doctors and may be known to the witnesses. This country has to keep foremost the value of life in everyday life.