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

Ivana Bacik: I will be brief. Indeed, all of us on this side have been brief and concise in our contributions in the 15 hours we have had so far on Committee Stage. Certainly, for my own part and for the part of others, we have sat in rather dignified silence and shown considerable self-restraint in the face of some language that was, unfortunately, disrespectful about women and about our bodies. I...

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

Ivana Bacik: It is important in our contributions, particularly on this issue of conscientious objection, that we bear in mind that the key aim here in this legislation is to ensure that women will have effective access to the services we so badly need.

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

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

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

Ivana Bacik: No, I talked about the European Parliament.

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

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 54:In page 15, lines 27 to 35, to delete all words from and including “(1) It” in line 27 down to and including line 35 and substitute the following:“(1) It shall be an offence for a person to intentionally or recklessly, by any means whatsoever, cause injury or death to a pregnant woman such as to cause the termination of her pregnancy. (2) It shall...

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

Ivana Bacik: I said I would move the amendments.

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

Ivana Bacik: Yes. I was asked to do so by the others but I am also one of the proposers of the amendments.

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

Ivana Bacik: Consistently throughout the debate, one of us has been moving these jointly proposed amendments. They all seek to address our concerns around the criminalisation of those who may be supportive of, or of assistance to, a woman who seeks an abortion. We very much welcome the fact the woman herself is not criminalised and that is clear in section 23 but we do have concerns which we raised on...

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

Ivana Bacik: I wanted to be clear about our intentions in the interest of efficiency at this late hour.

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

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 59:In page 15, to delete lines 36 to 38 and substitute the following:“(4) It shall be an offence for a person to intentionally coerce or deceive a pregnant woman into terminating her pregnancy against her will or without her knowledge.”.

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

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 60:In page 15, to delete lines 36 to 38.

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

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 63:In page 16, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(8) This section shall not apply to a medical practitioner acting in good faith.”.

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

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, and I welcome the opportunity to speak on this group of amendments. For the Labour Party Senators, I have certainly signed up to amendment No. 6. I endorse what Senator Kelleher said about a non-exhaustive list of guidelines to define this question. I agree with Senator Gavan about the danger of inserting a statutory definition of "harm" or "serious harm". The...

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

Ivana Bacik: I wish to speak on amendment No. 9, in particular. It has been tabled by me, my Labour Party colleagues, and colleagues from across the House. As the Minister will be aware, all the amendments in the group seek to do something similar, which is to address the question of the assessment of risk in respect of the various sections. The aim of amendment No. 9 is to insert "or mitigate" after...

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

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. It would be useful, as he has agreed, for those of us who have put forward these amendments to be facilitated in meeting with relevant practitioners or clinical experts. I think the Minister mentioned that would be before Report Stage. I am anticipating a meeting on Wednesday and that would be very helpful.

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

Ivana Bacik: That is disgraceful.

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

Ivana Bacik: The Senator should withdraw the charge.

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

Ivana Bacik: Withdraw it, Senator Mullen.

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to the House and I thank him for his acknowledgement of my small part in one provision of the Bill, which I will come to in a moment. On behalf of the Labour Party Senators, I welcome the provisions of the Bill. As my colleague, Deputy Willie Penrose, has done in the Dáil, I welcome that the Bill gives legislative effect to...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. I stand here with an overwhelming sense of relief after decades of campaigning on this. During that time I never thought I would see this day. I thought my daughters were going to have to face the same struggles I and so many women of my generation faced. We were too young to have voted in 1983 but we grew up all our adult...