Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Article 40.3.3o states: "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right". That sums up the issue. We are going around in circles.