Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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To me, they are not, to be honest with Ms McDermott. When I talk about risk to the mother, I think about the mother whose life is at risk and who could have three other children at home. That is the life of the mother. That is why I sit on this committee. I have sat here for the past number of weeks to welcome the people here to inform me. This is the one part I battle with. I battle with the life of the mother whose life is at risk because there are other children or family dependent on her. That is my biggest battle in trying to figure out where this whole debate will go. Is Ms McDermott saying to me she agrees then that the life of the mother supersedes where the life of the mother is at risk?