Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will speak through the Chair but I will not speak just to the amendment; I will speak to the charges which have been made. I hope we understand each other. I wish to reiterate that I oppose the stigmatising of anyone. An argument which has been used against people who oppose surrogacy is that they are somehow out to stigmatise the families and children involved. No, they are not. I certainly criticise and stigmatise the process.People should not have access to this process. It is violative of women's rights and dignity and of children's basic and fundamental rights. Where a child comes into the world as the result of a violent act, it is not stigmatising of that child to say the violent act should never have taken place. By analogy-----