Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Let us assume this woman found herself, as women have done before, in a hospital situation when a crisis arises, and everybody stands around saying, "What have we the right to do? Where do we go?". They ask whether this woman has any rights or whether they have been set aside for some future discussion in court or at an inquest, or whatever the case may be. I plead with the Members who are regurgitating what went on before the referendum and in the course of the referendum. This is a serious issue. We were given responsibility. We should stand up and carry that responsibility, recognise we have a job to do and do it.

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