Fine Gael Jerry Buttimer, chairman of the Oireachtas health committee, which is today holding its second day of  hearings on the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Oireachtas hearings on new legislation continue for second day

Michéal Martin

Some Senators privately saying they will defy whip if party supports Bill

Medical council president Prof Kieran Murphy: not all psychiatrists worked in centres registered by the Mental Health Commission. Photograph: Eric Luke

Legislation allows for two psychiatrists and an obstetrician

Master of the National Maternity Hospital Dr Rhona Mahony arrives for the  committee hearings on  the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 at Leinster House yesterday. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Medical experts address Oireachtas committee on first day of hearings

 Dr Sam Coulter Smyth: the master of the Rotunda Hospital said the inclusion in legislation of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination  posed major ethical dilemmas for obstetricians. Photograph: Eric Luke

Master of Rotunda Hospital says inclusion in legislation of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination not evidence-based

Dr Rhona Mahony, of the National Maternity Hospital, said the life of the foetus must be vindicated where it was practicable. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Current regime of treating at-risk pregnant women 'unreasonable', abortion hearing told

Minister for Health James Reilly arrives for the Oireachtas health committee  hearings on the heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013  this morning. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Masters of two major maternity hospitals among those giving evidence to Oireachtas committee

Medical Council president Kieran Murphy. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Hearing told two rather than three doctors should examine pregnant woman

 Paul Coghlan: said it was “unthinkable and unconscionable” that an unborn baby, capable of life outside the womb, could lose its constitutional right and be killed. Photograph: Eric Luke

Seanad Report: Senator says archbishop ‘is someone who thinks and talks straight’

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