Seanad debates

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

 

10:30 am

Photo of Rebecca MoynihanRebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will be very brief. Abortion is healthcare and people are accessing healthcare facilities. People can pray wherever they want. This is not about prayer. This is simply about intimidation. It is about a chill effect. It is part of the tactics they always use. Do not buy into this thing that there is an overreach in terms people's right to pray. There is a very particular reason people are trying to pray outside healthcare clinics and it is that they are doing it to intimidate women who are accessing the healthcare that is available. Abortion is healthcare and is no different from other forms of reproductive healthcare women will access.

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