Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Constitution and the law state quite clearly what has to apply here in Ireland. Any woman is entitled to a termination of a pregnancy only if there is a threat to her life. Those are the circumstances which are now explained in a law that was the source of a great deal of discussion by experts of one sort or another and ordinary people all over the country. That enshrinement in law, after many years of doing nothing about it, followed the endorsement of the people and the vote of the people for what they wanted to be put into the Constitution. That is now reflected in the law. I hear about the question of fatal foetal abnormalities on a regular basis. Obviously, it is a matter of great sensitivity for the people involved. I am not in a position to determine absolutely a medical diagnosis on whether a child will live.

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