Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Boylan touched on the anger women feel when they have a diagnosis in pregnancy. There is no greater pain than such a diagnosis, as he knows. These are babies that are wanted. At 22 weeks into a pregnancy, to be told that is just heartbreaking and for us to sit here and judge those women for what they choose to do with their bodies and their lives is appalling. We were asked to "get real" here by Professor Binchy a few weeks ago. I think we need to get real on this committee. The witnesses before us need to spell it out, in black and white, to us today that there is no way that we can legislate for everything we can think of here because in five years time, something might happen. Something might be developed that will enable children to survive at 22 weeks and that will be great and we will use it but we cannot-----