Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Everybody here believes that in every case everything must be done to save the life of the mother, regardless of what side of the debate one takes. There are no ifs, buts or doubts about that. Many people are of the view, and they agree with the psychiatric evidence and the advice, that this should be done with a two patients solution, that both patients must be saved in that scenario. I believe the 5,000 women heading to England every year is a double disaster. It is a disaster that those crisis pregnancies occur and it is also a disaster that 5,000 lives are being lost every year. We heard a very moving presentation from Women Hurt yesterday. All of them said that, if necessary, in their situations they would have done everything possible to convince people that they were suicidal in order to procure an abortion. One of the women said that she was coached to say that she was suicidal to procure an abortion. One woman asked me to ask a question here, which is, if that type of abuse were to happen in the future, would the doctors be certain that this Bill would prevent it?