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- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, speculation as to motivation is spurious speculation. It is not a fact.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister. I will speak briefly because the Labour Party Senators have supported these amendments and, in particular, signed up to amendments Nos. 29, 31 and 32. I echo the eloquent comments of Senators Kelleher and Ruane on these amendments and on the problems with the mandatory three-day waiting period and our difficulty with it. I share their view that we should not have...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: The Senator can hardly blame the Government for doing it.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: She is right.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, it is the custom of the House not to throw slurs or allegations that are utterly unfounded against organisations in that way.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I raised a point of order earlier, which the Chair accepted, that it is common practice not to name organisations or individuals in the House who are not present and cannot defend themselves, especially in making this sort of unfounded allegation.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: The Senator is not speaking to the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I will be brief. Indeed, all of us on this side have been brief and concise in our contributions in the 15 hours we have had so far on Committee Stage. Certainly, for my own part and for the part of others, we have sat in rather dignified silence and shown considerable self-restraint in the face of some language that was, unfortunately, disrespectful about women and about our bodies. I...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: It is important in our contributions, particularly on this issue of conscientious objection, that we bear in mind that the key aim here in this legislation is to ensure that women will have effective access to the services we so badly need.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: No, I talked about the European Parliament.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 54:In page 15, lines 27 to 35, to delete all words from and including “(1) It” in line 27 down to and including line 35 and substitute the following:“(1) It shall be an offence for a person to intentionally or recklessly, by any means whatsoever, cause injury or death to a pregnant woman such as to cause the termination of her pregnancy. (2) It shall...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I said I would move the amendments.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Yes. I was asked to do so by the others but I am also one of the proposers of the amendments.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Consistently throughout the debate, one of us has been moving these jointly proposed amendments. They all seek to address our concerns around the criminalisation of those who may be supportive of, or of assistance to, a woman who seeks an abortion. We very much welcome the fact the woman herself is not criminalised and that is clear in section 23 but we do have concerns which we raised on...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I wanted to be clear about our intentions in the interest of efficiency at this late hour.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 59:In page 15, to delete lines 36 to 38 and substitute the following:“(4) It shall be an offence for a person to intentionally coerce or deceive a pregnant woman into terminating her pregnancy against her will or without her knowledge.”.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 60:In page 15, to delete lines 36 to 38.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 63:In page 16, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(8) This section shall not apply to a medical practitioner acting in good faith.”.