Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Like everybody else, Deputy Nolan is quite entitled to speak on her amendment. I do not agree with the amendment but she is well entitled to do that and within her rights. I know she described in graphic detail how abortions are done. I do not think Deputy Nolan misled the House. I think she believes what she said to be correct and sometimes the truth does hurt. That is the situation and like everybody else, I respect everyone else's opinion. While there are some whose opinions are totally different from mine, I respect their right to express their opinions in this House, as I would like to think that I have the right to express my opinion. That is very important in this debate. I will not take my allotted seven minutes because we do not want this to go on any longer than it has to. I just wanted to make that point. I respect everybody else's opinion and I would like them to respect mine.

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