Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, it does not. I do not mean to interrupt the Deputy but it says that viability is defined in terms of not going above and beyond any of the kit that would normally be used. We have talked a lot about the chilling effect. It is to prevent that doctor having the chilling effect of being concerned that where, in theory, he or she could do something that would keep the heartbeat going, somebody might argue about or challenge it in the courts. I do not mean to be in any way cruel about that but I am referring to a situation in which, in reality, the baby cannot survive and the foetus is not viable.