Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We live in a democracy and we should acknowledge that. There has been an attempt this morning to say that because I happen to be a male, I have no right to adopt any position on this. I live in a democracy. I am elected by the people and I am as entitled as the Deputy to have a position on this. I am not going to take the type of attitude from the Deputy to the effect that everybody else should please shut up because she is the only person who can have a position on this. Everybody can have a position on this. By the way, my position is that I am pro-life by instinct.

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