Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I strongly support the view of Deputies Creed and Kelleher and I disagree with the point of view currently being expressed. The Minister of State has already set it out quite clearly. This is a crucial part of what we are discussing at present. Let us pause for a moment and put ourselves in the position of a woman who is pregnant who has a crisis and whose life is in danger. If we follow the line of thought that has just been promulgated, and a time limit is introduced beyond which there can be no intervention to save her life, she will die. That is a fact.

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