Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Thompson, in one of his answers, talked about how we could consider a law that says abortion can be allowed where a baby is usually not going to survive. Does all of that boil down to a law where a group of people are allowed to decide whether a baby is allowed to live or not? This is completely the opposite to what we do here in Ireland, where doctors do their best to care for both mother and baby. If we repealed the eighth amendment and introduced a similar law to the one in the UK would it not fundamentally change what doctors do in Ireland? They would no longer care for two patients. Instead, they would be allowed to decide which sick baby to treat. Does Mr. Thompson think that we would then treat sick babies with a real lack of care and compassion?