Ms Liz McDermott:

I do not see children as a problem or a thing that needs to be managed or dealt with in that type of life-ending way. There are always more compassionate responses. I take the Deputy's point about needing to be compassionate to women. I am not seeking to target women. It is for society to put in place the supports which take women out of that choice situation. Sometimes, it is not that they do not have a choice. Deputy O'Connell and I were fortunate. We had opportunities that others do not have. We need to rectify that.