Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----but not if they are taken care of here. Given that this is an issue which was not addressed in the 2005 report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, will the Minister please elaborate on the Government's position on this matter? Will she come back to us on this? This is a matter of ethics, human rights and the child's rights. We can say all we want. I have had a lot of personal experience in this area and when one wants to have a child, one is often thinking of oneself as a adult, but we are legislators and must think of the child and his or her future. Babies are beautiful, but all babies grow up to be children, young adults and adults. We do not want to legislate for a situation today which will haunt them into the future.

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