Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will. Will there be scope for those greedy people to get their hands on this and make financial gains on such a sensitive and delicate matter? Why is the Minister objecting so much to the amendment? Why was it spun in the media by people who are against it that we were being savages? We were only speaking about surgical and late-term abortions. I will not repeat the other issues that the spin went into, but it was disgusting in the extreme. Why can the Minister not accept this amendment? Why is he afraid to place safeguards that will allow for a dignified and safe resting place for the remains with the consent of the mother? The "if" and "where" would be her choice. I cannot understand why the Minister is set against it.

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