Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move to reject this because I believe this to be in contravention of, among others, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. I am disappointed with the use of the term "fatal foetal abnormality" because the HSE has issued guidelines around this. We had that debate with some of our invited guests here. I believe it is a crude term.

I have met many people and families who have had that diagnosis and had full gestation with a baby born that lived for a considerable time. One girl I know in Cavan is up to 11 years of age. I have met numbers of them. It is crude language to put in for that reason. I am totally opposed to it.