Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-04-07
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, for her courtesy and her flexibility today in order to facilitate the passing of this Bill. I pay tribute to our activists in the Together for Safety campaign right across the State who have campaigned tirelessly and brilliantly to get us this far. Of course, we are only halfway through the journey but it is a tremendously good day for the Seanad where people of all parties have come together behind this excellent Bill from Together for Safety, because women and pregnant people should not have to wait one further day to get safe access zones so they can access the services that they have a right to since the referendum to repeal in 2018.
I salute everybody here today for co-operating so well. This is a good day for democracy and it is a good day for the Seanad. Let us wish a very swift passage of the Bill through the Dáil.

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Sitting date: 2022-04-07