Lynn Ruane (Independent)
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It is not true that it all impacts other people. It does not. It impacts the immediate people around a person and if one puts in the safeguards, then one protects the people who are most vulnerable. It is not fair to keep saying that it is logical. Professor Binchy believes it is a divine right to protect life. It is better if we can have that conversation, if Professor Binchy believes it is a divine right to protect life, because then we can stop having pretend arguments about logic, human rights and all these things, and just get to the crux of it. It is okay if that is the belief, but there is no point in trying to make out that Deputy Gino Kenny is somehow drawing a comparison between someone's marriage ending and somebody having terminal cancer. It is very unfair to do that. It is an extremely unfair comparison to make.