Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not finished. The amendment proposes to delete "an unborn human life" and substitute "a pregnancy". All the words put in here are there for one reason, which is to make this Bill more liberal. They will use any means, foul or fair, as if the Savita issue was not bad enough, to hijack it for personal gain and support a push for this liberal law. The Minister said he could stay here until the morning, yet he could not stay in the committee.

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