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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I was just wondering about the procedure.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, line 14, after "female" to insert "or pregnant".

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2:In page 7, line 27, to delete “physical or mental health” and substitute the following:“a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”. I thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, for being in the Seanad today. We are looking forward to a constructive Committee Stage...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: It is not.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I know that.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I withdraw it.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I want to speak briefly. This is one issue I feel very strongly about. At the committee we spoke about this at length. It is hard for me to accept a situation where we talk about the committee recommendations and not diverging from them but when it comes to this we massively diverge from them. It makes all our previous arguments about the committee recommendations seem a little...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I am listening but I am not completely sold on what the Minister said. In the previous few contributions we talked about women being silenced. With all due respect to my colleagues on all sides of the House, the constant mention of 1 January feels like another silencing of women. That point is not aimed at the Minister but at my colleagues in the House.When it comes to serious risk and...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I was thinking that.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I withdraw it, with the right to resubmit.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 9:In page 8, line 25, after “avert” to insert “or mitigate”.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 11:In page 8, to delete lines 33 to 38 and substitute the following:“(4) The obstetrician referred to in subsection (2)(a)shall make such arrangements as he or she shall deem to be necessary for the carrying out as soon as may be of the termination of pregnancy to which the certification referred to in subsection (3)relates.”. I will be brief. This...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Obviously, the chain of causation is a concern but in saying that the second doctor is not needed in the same way as happens under 12 weeks because of the three-day waiting period and schedules, this option after 12 weeks assumes that the hospital will be in a position to initiate the termination straight away, which might not be the case. Someone in a maternity hospital could be sent home...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: Sometimes when I try to explain things, it is easier to relate them to my own experience. When I was hospitalised for a month due to the threat of something happening because of blood pressure, it did not matter how many obstetricians saw me. If an emergency induction or caesarean section was needed to save the life of my daughter, the need for the same obstetrician to sign off on it did...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: -----Even in respect of health. There is an extra barrier when it involves the woman's life and it is a barrier. As a woman who was in a maternity hospital experiencing childbirth, I can tell the Minister that when it comes to the continuum of care when it is that close to affecting one's health, I do not think one would really mind if a different obstetrician or clinician comes in three...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: It would be the same if an early pregnancy was being brought on arising out of a serious risk to the baby. It is usually not a risk to his or her life. It is usually a serious risk so the pregnancy is brought on earlier but they do not make sure the same clinician under whose care the woman has been in the maternity hospital is there.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: It is the problem of criminalisation.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: What if he or she is not there?

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 18:In page 9, line 20, after "woman" to insert "and consulted with her, where possible".

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 20:In page 9, to delete lines 29 to 34 and substitute the following:"(4) The obstetrician referred to in subsection (2)(a) shall make such arrangements as he or she will deem necessary for the carrying out as soon as may be of the termination of pregnancy to which the certification referred to in subsection (3) relates.".