Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Nobody would seek to delegitimise the decision Ms McDermott made and the person who implied that to her was completely wrong. Does Ms McDermott not recognise the very tragic testimony of people who made a different decision and felt it was the best decision for them? Many of the points she is making are about women feeling pressure to abort. I have been involved in this issue for a long time and have never met anybody who felt pressurised into having an abortion but I have met plenty of people who decided to have an abortion, most of whom were satisfied it was the best decision for them. Some have regrets. I have met people who put their children up for adoption and had regrets about that but it was their decision. The only way of respecting everybody's decision and supporting them is to change the legislative position.