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
Peter 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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