Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am adhering to the amendment. The Minister's failure to accept it speaks volumes for his intentions. I am asking him directly if his statement that this Bill is about protecting the life of the unborn is true or not. If it is true, is he not conceding the untruth of it by agreeing there will be intentional killing of a baby in circumstances where all the medical evidence clearly indicates it will do nothing for the woman and may indeed have serious adverse effects for her subsequently?

I would also like to ask about medical procedures, because this amendment proposes to define and confine medical procedures. In the opinion of the Minister, what medical procedures will be applied in order to achieve the intention of aborting the baby?