Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 32:

In page 8, to delete lines 30 to 35, to delete page 9, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 39 and substitute the following:“7. (1) It shall be lawful to carry out a medical procedure in respect of a pregnant woman in accordance with this section in the course of which, an unborn human life is ended where--

(a) the medical procedure is carried out in accordance with regulations under this section,

(b) regulations under this section shall not contravene current evidence based medical treatments, and

(c) regulations made under this section shall not come into force without being laid before and approved by each House of the Oireachtas.

(2) The medical procedure employed shall not impede all efforts to sustain the life of the unborn, after the complete emergence of the human life from the body of the woman, where it is potentially viable outside the womb.”.

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