Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think we are. Various people in the House will get legal and medical advice and perhaps everyone will disclose from where they get their legal and medical advice. I get mine from the chief medical officer. The chief medical officer's advice comes in many forms, including verbal form in engagements and meetings. I am confident he is satisfied it is the correct wording to use. I am satisfied the Attorney General is satisfied it is the correct wording to use and that the Government has approved the wording after careful consideration. I appreciate we are at odds on this with regard to the place we are now in, which is that I am pleased we have repealed the eighth amendment and the Senator opposed it, as absolutely is his right. We are now in a post-eighth environment, however, where the appropriate language matches what the people of Ireland voted for. It is appropriate, when the foetus has not reached viability and two doctors have decided there is a serious risk to the life or the health of a woman, for a termination to proceed.