Results 2,001-2,020 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----it is somewhat astonishing that the Minister of State, the leader of the Labour Party group and the health spokesperson of the Fine Gael group-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----would openly ask a Senator to abuse privilege.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is disgraceful.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister of State called on Senator Healy Eames to name the obstetrician to whom she referred.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I second it. Section 9 is one to which, like Senator Walsh, I am absolutely opposed. Senator Walsh has referred to various studies and reports. One of the questions we must ask ourselves is whether abortion reduces the risk of suicide in pregnancy. It is a valid question. Dr. Eleanor Corcoran is an eminent psychiatrist of 27 years' standing who was based in England but now works at...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: No. I have not raised any of this. This is new information which has become available to me over the weekend. I have not raised it before.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Another study from 1987 to 2000, replicated these findings. In Finland, in 2005, it showed that accidental death, homicide and suicide all increased after abortion, and were lower after giving birth than the national average. In this study, the authors commented on the protection effects of pregnancy. The study concluded by recommending a post-abortion check-up, as necessary, in order to...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: This is to do with section 9. Our amendment seeks to remove section 9, so it is relevant.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is relevant to section 9 because it deals with the whole suicide issue. As we all know, Ms C was taken from Ireland to England for an abortion under the X case decision. She publicly stated, a few years after, that she was suicidal and hospitalised for several months after this.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: No, no.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Maybe I am mistaken but my understanding is that this is section 9. This amendment aims to delete the section. This section is the kernel of this legislation. It is my responsibility as a legislator to bring these facts to the attention of the Minister. Our role as legislators is to do that whether we agree or disagree with the legislation.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The submission continued, "Emma Beck was an artist who died in 2008-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----by suicide after aborting her twins."
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It continued: "Her mother spoke about her daughter’s grief." Obviously, Senator Bacik does not want to hear what we have to say. This is factual evidence.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The submission stated: Her mother spoke about her daughter's grief. Cases such as these would suggest that abortion may have a negative rather than a positive effect on some women's mental health. The Royal College of Psychiatrists investigated whether abortion harms women's mental health in its systematic review in 2011. This is a review of all high-quality studies, the results of which...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It continued: Fergusson, a pro-choice researcher, has found in his work following 500 children born in Christchurch New Zealand for 30 years that mental health problems do occur post abortion even in those without any previous mental illness history and that abortion increases the risk by 30%.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is not my fault that we are guillotining this Bill.