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)

6:30 pm

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

Why are we following all these long, drawn-out avenues into wordy discussions when we know what we are about? Also, what was said about unsound mind is very true. Lawyers can play with words and say unsound mind only applies to writing wills. That is nonsense. Unsound mind is where there is stress, duress, sociological, personal and guilt coercion. Conscience is about clear knowledge and full consent, regardless of what one is doing.

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