Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am continuing to engage with the IFPA and Dublin Well Woman to make sure those concerns do not come to pass. I very much want to see both organisations carry on their excellent work in counselling. We need more such excellent work from organisations like them rather than rogue agencies, which we are moving to regulate against. The aim of this Bill is to protect the woman's interest by ensuring she receives non-directive and objective crisis pregnancy advice and information on termination of pregnancy and that the provision of such information or advice is not influenced by any financial considerations. I am very satisfied that this will not adversely impact the work of the IFPA, Dublin Well Woman or similar organisations but I will continue to engage very closely to ensure that is the reality.

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