Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is saying the AHD is silent and the current law after 12 weeks would allow he interventions to protect the life of the child distinctly, differently and separately to the life of the mother. What has legally changed since we felt the need and the Attorney General in 2015 would have felt the requirement to put in the exact clause that we are now taking out, which specifically gives the protection to the baby as distinctly different to the mam? If the AHD is silent and the Minister is saying that the current law stands, then what is different today from when we felt the need to have to put in these specific words in 2015 to make sure that the healthcare professionals knew?