Dáil debates

Friday, 6 February 2015

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members]

 

11:25 am

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Wallace should read the exact paragraph on that in our party's manifesto, which will explain it better for him.

Sections 1 and 2 of the Bill state that fatal foetal abnormality means a medical condition suffered by a foetus such that it is incompatible with life outside the womb. No speakers other than Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned any specific conditions but I will mention two more - a neurotube defect like anencephaly or Trisomy 13, which is Edwards' syndrome. It cannot be said with certainty that those conditions are not compatible with life outside the womb because in many or even most cases they can be compatible with life outside the womb, albeit only for a short period of time.

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