Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Is he concerned the Citizens' Assembly has not even got around to discussing abortion on the grounds of health after four meetings? Has he done anything about that? When does he believe it will get around to discussing it? It will be five years since the death of Ms Savita Halappanavar in October and we still do not have abortion for what led to Savita's death. Abortion does not exist in this country where a woman's health is at risk. Doctors gambled that her life was not at risk and it was only her health. This differentiation between a woman's health and her life is exceptionally dangerous. Why does abortion exist for health reasons in Burkina Faso, the poorest country on the planet, but it does not exist in a European Union state with same-sex marriage? There is only one reason, and it is because of cowardly politicians failing to legislate to protect women's lives and their health in this country, kowtowing to the Catholic church for the past number of years. They have not challenged the amendment they pushed.

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