Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The difficulty in only including medical termination could arise if there are complications in the pregnancy of a very young girl, for example, who may need a surgical intervention for the termination to be completely carried out. Again, we are only being indicative here. The legislation will be published by the Government and brought to the floor of the Dáil. I do not think we need to be overly prescriptive. I understand the points people are making. This is proposing 12 weeks as outlined. If we get overly prescriptive on whether it is a medical or surgical procedure we potentially tie the hands of the experts, that is, the GPs or clinicians.