Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

-----but we are talking about a situation in which somebody's life is at risk. Doctors are not going to go around killing babies or something like that. The Minister is actually putting in a stipulation that a termination of pregnancy cannot be carried out where there is viability even if somebody's life is at risk. Would it not be better to leave that out of the law and, like the Minister has said, deal with the ins and outs of what viability is in the guidelines? It brings the chilling effect into play again.