Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am speaking about a woman who is 30 weeks pregnant and does not want to go ahead with her pregnancy, with the psychiatrist's assessment indicating that there is a threat to her life based on suicidal intent. The gynaecologist would carry out the process and the unborn child is viable. What happens to that unborn child? As Deputy Creed alluded to, there may be more tragic cases. If a pregnancy is 23 or 24 weeks along and an attempt is made to save the child but it is born with a disability, what happens to that child? Is the State liable to a damages claim from the mother? With regard to the rights of a mother, under the X case a woman is entitled to a termination. A woman may dispute the termination and say she does not want the pregnancy terminated. What will happen in that case?