Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I welcome this motion. If Deputy Kelleher, Deputy Chambers and Senator O'Sullivan were up for this, we could insert a wording based on the evidence we heard from Dr. Peter Thompson on the issues around the diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality. He spoke of two doctors acting in good faith. I wonder if we could put something like that in here. If a woman's baby is diagnosed with a severe fatal foetal abnormality, she would definitely want a second opinion, I would imagine. We have already spoken about two doctors in a previous motion. If we could mention two doctors acting in good faith, I think it covers the issues around fatal foetal abnormality not being a defined medical term.

Any time there is a medical intervention as such, it is important the phrase "in good faith" is used. It is a matter for the committee.