Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with those Senators who have spoken about suicide that it is a major problem in our society. Like others, I know of many families who have been devastated by it. We know from the hearings that approximately 1 in 500,000 women who are pregnant commit suicide. I agree that we should do everything we can to prevent suicides. We know also from the evidence that women who have had abortions are more prone to committing suicide. I am minded by the case in England of Emma Beck who was expecting twins and was coerced into having an abortion-----