Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed)
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I want to take up Deputy Kenny's last point. We have not finished our work here, so the Government is waiting for us. I am envious of colleagues who can be so definite on these issues. I remember attending a pro-life meeting as a public representative during the protection of life in pregnancy legislation, defending it and explaining it as best I could. At the time, there were a huge number of people coming into clinics in relation to that legislation. There has been a lot of debate on this matter which of course led to the campaign. I voted "Yes". I was somewhat comforted by the three-day wait period. I raised this issue the last time Ms O'Shea was here. I mention the responses to parliamentary questions by Deputy Carol Nolan on the number of women who did not go ahead with a second appointment. Ms O'Shea said that some of those women would have had miscarriages. She is suggesting the Oireachtas change that. How many women who did not go ahead with the second appointment went on to have children?
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