Ms Alice Coughlan:

I would love to see that unmarried mothers are called "mothers", and that they are given some dignity for the first time in the history of Ireland. That is it, full stop - that they are actually given dignity, not illegitimate, not even still like trash or a piece of something or whatever, as they are seen even to this day by some Catholics. I would love to see this Bill give dignity to the mothers who gave birth. That is it, full stop, if that is possible.