Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A further contradiction is that where a person facing deportation claims suicide, it is to no avail. A person that is suicidal needs treatment. Abortion is the last treatment any pregnant woman needs. It is not a treatment in any shape or form for a person suffering stress and trauma. A woman needs to be treated and to have a health care plan worked out. In the fullness of time, everything should be dealt with when the person is able to make a decision. I have heard from women who were hurt by abortion, who were not allowed to attend the committee hearings. To a woman, they told us they felt more suicidal after the fact than before.

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