Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is correct when he states that there is a higher threshold with regard to the assessment of suicidality in respect of the assessment of women in the circumstances we are discussing versus the norm. He must, however, examine Article 40.3.3° of Bunreacht na hÉireann which sets out in solemn and clear terms that the State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother. These rights are set at a level which are equal to one another. I object slightly to the Deputy's references to "what you are doing here" and "what you are proposing here". We are acting within the terms of the Constitution, which belongs to the people. We are not coming up with proposals just to-----