Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has stolen my thunder because the amendments address an entirely different audience from the psychiatric profession and obstetricians. The reason they are not needed to clarify in law what Deputy Billy Kelleher proposes is every obstetrician and psychiatrist has a code of practice under which he or she practises. These are the Medical Council guidelines and the psychiatric best practice clinical guidelines which clearly state doctors treat patients. We do not need to tell them how to do so. We need to trust them to do so in the best interests of women.