A Renua Ireland senator has argued that there are no such things as babies with fatal foetal abnormalities.

Paul Bradford says instead, those situations should be thought of as babies having life-limiting conditions.

Senators were responding to yesterday's High Court ruling in Belfast, which said Northern Ireland was in breach of human rights law by not allowing abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.

Senator Bradford said the use of language was important and needed to be reflected: