Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 6, line 14, to delete "female" and substitute "pregnant".

The legislation only provides for services to be provided to women. This amendment is a way to work around the transgender inclusion issue and would redefine women for the purposes of the Act to include all pregnant people without labelling them as female. I acknowledge the Minister has included a definition in the explanatory memorandum, which is helpful and a bit of a compromise, but the transgender community is not entirely happy that it is not included in the Bill. He was trying to compromise and the amendment is also an effort at compromise.

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