Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. We did not dream up these amendments on conscientious objection. It is doctors, midwives, healthcare officials, pharmacists and all the healthcare people, many of whom came to us worried about this. That is why we have put the amendments down and spoken on them. We feel strongly on behalf of these people who are entitled to their rights and are worried they may be forced or bullied into doing something they were never trained to do. That is why we have gone along with these amendments. We feel very strongly about this issue on behalf of those people.

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