The following motion was moved by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald on Tuesday, 20 November 2012:That Dáil Éireann: - extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Savita Halappanavar and recognises that news of her death in such tragic and traumatic circumstances has caused distress to people throughout the country and beyond; - resolves to await the outcome of the ongoing inquiries into all aspects of this tragedy; - acknowledges that the Oireachtas must legislate to give effect to the 1992 judgment of the Supreme Court (the X case); - further acknowledges that the absence of the required legislation denies women protection and the right to obtain a termination in life threatening circumstances and it also creates an ambiguous legal situation for clinicians in those same circumstances; - regrets that successive Governments and Ministers for Health have failed to legislate in this regard; and - calls on the Government to: - immediately publish the report of the expert group; and - immediately introduce legislation to give effect to the 1992 judgment of the Supreme Court in the X case, to protect pregnant women where their lives are in real danger and to give legal certainty to medical professionals.

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