Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Viability is fluid and for those Deputies who engaged with the committee and listened, viability depends on whether it is a twin pregnancy and what weight the foetus or baby or whatever one wants to call it is. It is not up to us in these Houses to legislate on the point of viability because the experts tell us that it is not possible because hopefully with science, which we are heavy on here today, in time we will be able to assist early deliveries to survive from 22 weeks or so in the future.

This amendment might be well intentioned but it is certainly ill informed.

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