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- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes, that is important.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not want to come back in; I just want to raise a point of order. I understand there are people who have strong feelings and that they may wish to express them in their general speeches.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On Fifth Stage it will be possible for Members to make more general speeches about their feelings.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Can we, therefore, proceed with Report Stage?
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Most of the comments we have heard were made in response to a very strong misrepresentation of certain individuals. Their statements were misrepresented, as was their relationship with their own constituency, their profession and those they represent. When people are misrepresented and words are put into their mouths or paraphrased, it is appropriate for the record of the House to be...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Senator also spoke about people not being "comfortable approaching Government figures". We have had a period of time in history when women were not able to approach almost anybody to talk about the reality of the situations they were in. Now we are bringing in legislation that will bring them some comfort in approaching their doctors to talk about these matters and engage with them. It...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Student doctors and nurses are also covered by this section. To be clear, it covers pharmacists as well. I know this because I have campaigned on this issue previously. Right now, there is conscientious objection in respect of the morning-after pill. Young researchers have charted the many obstacles that many young women have faced in trying to access the morning-after pill because there...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Misinformation has come from Senator Mullen in this specific debate.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: This amendment is not about those medical situations but about-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Nonetheless, it is important to have clarity on this point because the blurring of the line has been very-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: This is one area where we have effectively been asked to put our trust in the training that might be provided for doctors, in terms of clinical guidelines and how things unfold. I want to mark the real concerns in this area. It is not merely the case that the guidelines are there but there must be engagement on how the practice unfolds. We must ensure that, for instance, the word "serious"...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, line 25, after “avert” to insert “or substantially avert”. The Minister indicated that this was to avert risk. Is he saying that it refers to averting the risk of a continuing pregnancy, not the risk of serious harm but the risk that a continuing pregnancy would add to serious harm?
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have acknowledged that.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a point of grammar.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to speak to my amendment No. 6. There is a very serious concern over the word "avert", which we have discussed at length and on which I understand there has been commentary from different sides. It was aired on Committee Stage in the House so we do not have to go into too much detail on it. "Avert" is an absolute word which is generally construed as meaning to "stop" or to "turn...