Dr. Rhona Mahony:

Senator Bradford agreed with my comment that suicide is death and indicated that termination of pregnancy is death. The point of this is to prevent two deaths. In other words, when faced with the possibility that if we do not terminate a pregnancy two people will die, I believe a woman has the right to have her life saved. We should not stand by and let two lives be lost unnecessarily. These are complicated situations.

I do not understand the legal position in Britain as I belong in this country and practice within Ireland's jurisdiction.