Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We are on amendment No. 15. The key phrase is "immediately necessary". I refer to where termination of the pregnancy is the necessary and only step that can be taken to avert the risk to the life or serious health of the mother in an emergency. Therefore, the bar is already very high. Unfortunately, if we were to accept the amendment, the immediate action to be taken to avert the risk to the life or health of the woman would become conditional. That is the concern here. The factors mentioned by my colleagues have been considered in the drafting of this section.