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

This is a sensitive subject. I, like many others, have friends who sadly lost unborn children because of different reasons. It is probably one of the most traumatic things that could happen to would-be parents. The signatories to this amendment are tabling it only for the best motivated and good intentions.

Again, I take issue with the way it has been portrayed. It has been put out in an erroneous manner by certain sections of the media which have tried to turn it into something it was never intended to be. That was wrong. The people who have put forward this amendment have done so in a sensitive and proper fashion that is becoming of respect of a person who is no longer with us, no matter what age that person is.

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