Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a specific question for the Minister of State which arises from some confusion in the debate. The issue here for me is that some families that received a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality decided to bring their babies to term and the babies lived outside the womb for some time, despite the diagnosis. Some lived for minutes, some for hours, some for months and some for years, despite the diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality. How can we decide? It is a judgment - a decision by a doctor. The woman who is pregnant gets this diagnosis. How can we decide which woman's baby will not live outside the womb and which one will live? That is the question I would like the Minister of State to answer.