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- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: People will have abortions. They do not like it. Let them do that and stop this shaming and punishing of women for making that decision.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The amendments from the ten Deputies have all been voted on.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I know.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I know, but the point I was making was that every amendment they have tabled-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: There are women waiting on this legislation to be passed.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: Exactly.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: We spoke about this in Committee. This and many of the other amendments are designed to shame women and to make them feel bad about something that could be extremely traumatic such as a case of fatal foetal abnormality or other severe abnormality. The Deputies want somebody to be forced to have an ultrasound and, as proposed in some of the other amendments, to watch a DVD or be shown images...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: A slight overreaction.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: Amendments Nos. 30 to 34, inclusive, related to the three-day waiting period. Members were under the impression that we would at least be able to vote on them. The Ceann Comhairle moved quite fast and I want to clarify what he is saying. Many Members tabled amendments. He said that they could not be taken because amendment No. 29 had been agreed. We have had the debate and I do not...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The debate on amendment No. 35 is similar to the debate we had yesterday. If we cannot vote on that, we might vote on this. Many of us made points on this earlier in the debate and on Committee Stage. As is the way with these issues, many people are only now focusing on the details of it and there is a great deal of speculation on social media and in society about it. Many people are...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: Yes, that is fine.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: We never said that. I am talking about the final-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: Why we are rerunning the referendum tonight? Not only are these are the Final Stages of the Bill, we had a debate for months with the population in every constituency. We knocked on doors and spoke to people. I have often been in a minority and I often will be in the Dáil. People may not like the result, but it is disingenuous to come to the House and bring all of these subjects up...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: There are people watching. I ask Members to consider that ten people are leaving the country today or tonight. Studies show that a further five people will take abortion pills which they have sourced online. If we do not get through the debate tonight, so be it. I will be here next Tuesday. There is a reality, however, that people expected the legislation to be in place by January while...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: That was not what was happening.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: I never mentioned Deputy Nolan's name.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The names are on the amendment.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: It is a political debate.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy should get over it.