Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is no argument for Senator Gilroy to say we are not respecting mental health. This is all sham argumentation and bogus blustering by Senator Gilroy. We had in the House Professor Kevin Malone, a leading suicide prevention expert, perhaps the leading one. He warned about the possible impact of this legislation in terms of negative attitudes around suicide in the country, in terms of it being a contributory cause of the problem by foregrounding. He talked in particular about the dangers for young men but we can also point to the potential dangers that this imports.

This is bad legislation. It is unjust legislation, not just in terms of the unborn but in terms of a sincere approach to address the real crisis women face in pregnancy. It is certainly a million miles away from evidence-based medicine.