Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran:

The questions asked were whether we would do terminations for this that and the other reason. The question raised in my statement is whether they would send a woman to prison for doing this, that and the other. The answer is going to be totally different.

That is true whether it is the legislator or the people who are concerned. In my view, the questioning has to be done the other way around. Is it possible to imagine putting 4,800 women behind bars in Ireland every year? I can produce the list if the committee likes.