Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

-----and misogynistic that there is no way any religious fundamentalist would seek to have it put in place.

My key point is that the Taoiseach will have the chance to resolve this issue in May. There is no impediment to the holding of a referendum on this in line with the referendums on marriage equality and other issues. Will the Taoiseach give time for this to be discussed in the Dáil in light of the tragedy which unfolded over Christmas, when a macabre ordeal was visited on the family concerned? What they were put through occurred, as all of the doctors testified, for constitutional reasons, because of the existence of the eighth amendment. Let people have their say. I say to the Labour Party: "Do not sit over this atrocity any longer." We cannot afford to have any more horrific cases coming to light of women being treated as vessels and incubators in this way.

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