John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to fall into the trap others have been accused of in regard to making general comments on the specifics of an amendment. However, I want to record my complete respect and appreciation for the patience of people, mainly women, I have met over the years who found themselves making a harsh decision about compromising cancer care that would increase their chance of cure because they wished to have an incremental increase in their chance of retaining fertility. It is in respect for those women, some of whom are not alive, that I moved the amendments I did today. I hope all here will consider them in the discussion on any of the remaining amendments we raise in the Bill. Human assisted reproduction may be an international and commercial business and perhaps there are questions that need to be asked, but it is a business that has brought significant joy to the lives of many people I have known who have been able to fall back on it. We should not lose sight of that here.