Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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I thank Dr. McCarthy for his presentation. I will start by drawing his attention to his remarks regarding his not wanting to return to an era of illegal back street abortions and infanticide. Any reasonable person would shudder at the thought of living in such an era. Would Dr. McCarthy say that a scenario that is as horrific is that in modern Britain where there is an abortion rate which we estimate is four times that of the Irish rate, if we judge by the numbers of Irish women who go abroad? In that case there is no protection in law for unborn babies up to 24 weeks and no protection where there is any kind of disability, including mild disability. Does Dr. McCarthy agree that also presents an horrific scenario to a fair-minded, reasonable, caring doctor if they had two patients in mind?