Mr. Gerry Edwards:

Aoife, not terribly dissimilarly to Savita actually, got ill during the pregnancy. It was quite apparent to all the doctors that her pregnancy was not going to carry to term, that her baby was not going to survive. Aoife got sick and developed infection. She needed to be in hospital. She was given three choices. She was told that the baby's heart could stop and they could induce labour, much like Claire was told; that she could get sick enough for them to intervene in the pregnancy; or that she could go to England. It is terrifying for a woman to be told to hang on in there until she gets sick enough for them to intervene. We know now that she might get sick enough for intervention but might become too sick to be saved. The only reason we have not had another Savita in five years is that, because of Savita, people know about the risks and they travel. The thirteenth amendment is what saves women's lives, not the eighth.