Seanad debates
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Order of Business
10:30 am
Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source
Yes, I agree. One issue on which we could all unite in the autumn, and I ask the Leader if he would agree with me on this, is that we need a debate on how we can work together to prevent abortions from happening. We have to look out for women and children in that respect. In recent days we have had the tragic story - the detail of which I will not go into - of a woman who died in England after an abortion in a Marie Stopes clinic and the 20-week old child who died. They have to be at the heart of our concern. One matter that concerns me, in particular, was the hypocrisy of the Irish Family Planning Association - this is very relevant - which said and used the strategy-----
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