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- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Forcing doctors or other healthcare professionals who have a conscientious objection to arrange for an abortion to be performed is not respecting freedom of conscience. It makes them party to taking the baby's life. The referral obligation forces general practitioners, in violation of their sincerely held convictions, to be involved in a process that destroys that life. Under the Bill in...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I made a number of points earlier but ran out of time. I made them very honestly. I had done my research and I have my evidence. It is not makey-up evidence. For the reasons I gave and others, it is vital we have robust protections with informed consent and do all we can to ensure that the consent is real, genuine and based on the best available evidence. Deputy O'Reilly mentioned...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: -----to amend-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for that clarification.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy O'Connell, who has since left, talked about Abigail Aiken, who appeared before the committee. Yes, she is an expert. I am not questioning her expertise on this but I am questioning her bias coming before us and the abject refusal to allow women hurt by abortion before the committee, to listen to them or to watch an animated video of an abortion. There was just a closing of eyes and...
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I know my time is caite-----
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: -----but I had to get a clarification. I am nearly finished, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is an effort to get wicked headlines and get on the 6 o'clock news and then watch it back.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am not doing that.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: There is no force.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: That was an outrageous diatribe.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, am glad to be able to speak to this amendment. Informed consent is one of the fundamental principles underpinning the ethics of medical practice. It is a given that, where possible, the patient or person concerned should be adequately and appropriately informed in such a manner that the nature and gravity of the procedure, not to mention its consequences, are made clear to them....
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of information, the new section we are proposing to insert in the Bill relates to "parental notification" rather than to consent.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Excuse me, but on a point of order, the flaws were not in our amendment. Will the Chair please protect us?
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The flaws were not in our amendment. A mistake was made by someone else.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It was an administrative mistake. We did not make us.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Is Deputy Jonathan O'Brien going to rehash it now?
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We are not calling for heads.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No.
- Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am not accepting that.