Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not speak all day. There will be others who will speak for a lot longer than I will.

It is deemed acceptable for 4,000 women to go to England every year but if a woman imports an abortion pill and it is discovered, she will be thrown in jail for 14 years. How can one rationalise that? I do not understand how rational people could come up with such a provision. I have one daughter. If she is ever pregnant and suicidal, I will not be helping her to hop through the system because she would be dead before she would get an answer. She will be going outside the country.

I have no intention of elaborating further and will address the amendments as they arise.

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