Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Can we see the legal advice given to the Minister on how this Title is framed? It is important that we see what the lawyers are advising the Minister on.

The word "abortion" being eliminated from the law is an obfuscation and a deliberate ignoring of what is going on here. We should call a spade a spade, and that is why we put it in as an amendment. I would be very interested to see the legal advice that states that cannot be mentioned, rather we talk about the termination of pregnancy and what the justification of that is.

The question of access to healthcare is fundamentally what this Bill is about and not saying so does not recognise access to abortion as part of the overall package of healthcare of a woman or pregnant person during her life as a potential mother. That needs to go in. Most important, I want to see the legal advice.