Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am merely saying that some day in the future we may be making a decision with regard to what we will legislate for in this respect. As legislators, we are fortunate to have the experience of having met some of these women. I would not make any of my points today only for that experience.

It is unhelpful to state that I am making a value judgment. I thank Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell for accepting my clarification earlier. That is all I really want to say there.

The one provision these women who gave birth looked for was hospice care. That is what they said would have made their lives that bit easier. They had no regrets whatsoever that they chose to give birth to their children. Indeed, one little one was six years of age and still alive.

While we all are here, we have the right to say what we want on this issue. I have another experience of where I met a woman now living in County Clare. She was pregnant with twins in the United Kingdom. She was told they were next to Siamese twins and that she would be recommended to have a termination. She chose to come back to Ireland-----