Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-05-01
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

What appears to be proposed here is an opt-out for service providers. From the outset, there has been a core policy principle that the legislation would not forcibly highlight or identify the specific service sites where termination of pregnancy is being provided and it would allow them to continue in relative anonymity where preferred. To accept this amendment would risk undermining that principle and, therefore, I will not be accepting it. It should also be remembered that the psychological impact of these protests extends beyond those availing of termination services to stillbirth, pregnancy loss and neonatal death.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-01