Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Obviously we have seen a draft of the legislation but there are a couple of glaring issues. Abortion should be fully decriminalised. We still retain a 14-year jail sentence for somebody who might assist somebody to have an abortion at 13 weeks, for example, which is really dangerous. It will have a chilling effect on doctors and could end up endangering women's health. A 72-hour waiting period should not be nailed into law. It should not be made mandatory. It could be made optional and dealt with in medical guidelines.

We were promised any legislation would use language that was trans-inclusive and the language I have seen clearly is not. That is a big demand of young people in society. I ask the Taoiseach to ensure that multiple visits are not enforced on women and pregnant people because they will just hit very young people, very vulnerable people, working women and others.

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