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- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: The parents obviously were in the dark if she got pregnant.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: The author of the study challenged its use by the pro-life side.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: That may be so, but its author challenged its use by the pro-life side.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Does Senator Mullen think the parents would not find out?
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Not all parents are reasonable and hard working.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: This is by far the nastiest amendment of the lot. I am absolutely horrified by it. I express my disgust that it has been tabled and do not give a damn if it reflects the law in England. This is an independent country and we should not slavishly follow what happens in England. Plenty of mistakes have been made there and this is certainly one of them. What on earth has a woman's marital...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Does the Senator think the British are not racist?
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Exactly.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: It is not logic to state there must be a reason because it is there.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Impertinent.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Has it been proved? Having successfully sued it, I would not regard the Irish Independent as a bible of fact.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I am. The Senator had better believe it.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I support these amendments. I vigorously opposed a number of Senator Mullen's amendments and believed they were shameful but I support these ones. I will not rehearse too much my support for amendment No. 47.I stated earlier on in this discussion that, although I believe abortion is necessary and justifiable, and morally good in certain circumstances, forcing medical practitioners to refer...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: How would what work in practice?
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I beg the Cathaoirleach's pardon.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I understand that. How it would work in action is by giving pharmacists the right of freedom of conscience, the right not to dispense these matters. I believe they would be very widely available, even in circumstances where this was registered. Those are my views and I will stand with them. I will license my friend, Senator Bacik, to withdraw on my behalf my amendment about pharmacists...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I normally agree 100% with my colleague and friend, Senator Ruane, but on this occasion I have some reservations. It is all right for the World Health Organization to have a utopian view and of course it allowed Senator Ruane to give a splendid view of utopian social circumstances. However, while I am a pretty jolly person and I have been relatively healthy since I got somebody else's liver...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)
David Norris: The Minister referred to the service being available by January. Is he aware that the Taoiseach suggested it will not be fully available at that stage? I made the point on Second Stage that many of the difficulties we are facing with amendments and so on would have been avoided if terminations were to be provided in clinics. I do not think the Minister was present to hear my remarks. I...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)
David Norris: Having considered it carefully, I oppose this amendment because it seems to frustrate the intention of the Bill. The woman has decided to end her pregnancy and this would frustrate that wish. For that reason, I cannot support the amendment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)
David Norris: I agree with Senator Ardagh's amendment and would like to withdraw mine which also seeks to change the wording from “examined” to “consulted with”.Having looked at section 10, which states a termination may be carried out by a medical practitioner if, having examined the pregnant woman, he or she is of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that there is an...