Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When we are talking about abortion, we are talking about the ending of a baby's life. We saw earlier today that more than 190,000 babies lose their lives through abortion every year in the UK. In the context of relationship education, are students taught about the development of the baby in the womb? For example, are they taught that the baby's heart starts beating at just three weeks in the womb?