Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Section 6.4 of the report, on the number and role of doctors, states: "it was generally considered that two doctors with the relevant training and expertise appropriate to the case would be sufficient for making a clinical decision as to the risk to the life of the woman, whether the risk arose because of a physical or mental health condition." I appreciate that obstetricians can play a role in carrying out a foetal assessment, but assuming that we are not arguing the foetus is suicidal, I do not know how his or her opinion is relevant in assessing the suicidal ideation of a woman whose life is in danger and whose life we are legislating to protect. That is the purpose of these amendments. The points are valid and they stand.

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