Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We are all conscious of time. Unfortunately, the Minister did not address any of the substantive points made. Clearly, we have not seen the legal advice but we have given him some graphic examples of how the excuse offered does not really stack up in the context of other legislative experience. In view of the fact that the context was very much the backdrop of the damage caused to women's health as a result of an ambiguous clause in the Constitution and poor subsequent legislation, we now have a unique and historic opportunity to get matters right. In order to do that, however, we need to not just do it in a legislative sense but also in the medical-clinical sense. To guide that, the legislation needs to be clear. This is about access to abortion. I have not heard a substantiated argument for a barrier to that.

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