Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Monday, 20 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed)

4:20 pm

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry, I did not see him.

I am conscious of the following question. With this Bill, are we in danger of validating suicide in Irish society which is already at epidemic levels as a real option by legislating for it as a way to procure an abortion? I put that question to Dr. Sheehan this morning and he stated he has grave concerns. We must seriously look at what we are doing. We are here to look at abortion but we also may be legitimising suicide which is very dangerous.

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