Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When we consider whether this Bill should explicitly ban abortions on any discriminatory grounds - disability, race or gender - it is instructive to recall some of the statements the Minister made on this topic. During the referendum campaign, when he sought to reassure the public that this Bill would not allow shockingly high levels of abortions on the ground of disability that occur annually in other countries, and knowing that most Irish people wanted to provide protection against discrimination of the most vulnerable among us, he repeatedly assured voters that it would not allow abortion on the ground of disability or on the basis of the undesired sex or race of the unborn baby.

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