Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 53, line 30, to delete “abnormalities” and substitute “variants”.

While I certainly was not qualified in terms of the correct terminology, we had a long conversation about the correct terminology to use. This grouping of 11 amendments seeks, on foot of suggestions from Deputy Shortall and others, to refine and improve some of the terminology used in the preimplantation genetic testing, PGT, part of the Bill. Therefore, for example, instead of referring to a person who “suffers” from a particular condition, the relevant provision now simply states that he or she “has” that condition. Other changes will replace terms such as “abnormality”, “mental disability” and “defects” with more appropriate terms such as “variants”, “intellectual disability” and “disorders”, respectively.

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