Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chairman. It is generally accepted that most people in this country, as determined by the referendum in 1983, are pro-life in terms of their support for the equal right to life of mothers and unborn babies. Reference was made on numerous occasions both in January and during the course of today's hearings to the rarity of certain emergency or difficult cases that can arise. In 1992 the Supreme Court made a decision in a rare case as presented to it, as a former judge of that court is on record as having allegedly said. Incidentally, I do not wish to make reference to any case that is currently before the courts or is current in any way.