Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I mostly agree with the Government's terminology. I have a question regarding section 2, with the definition of unborn and the idea of "complete emergence". There is no reference throughout the section to "complete emergence" and what that means. In reference to human life, the reference is to life during the period of time commencing after implantation in the womb and ending on the complete emergence of the life from the body of the woman. Will the Minister of State give some clarification in that regard?

Section 2 deals predominantly with definitions. This morning I received a note from a gentleman living in this city who is a member not of my party but of a Government party. He e-mailed to say that as a result of an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy in 1968-----