Earlier this year, the constitutional referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment was passed.

The Oireachtas Health Committee is now meeting to debate amendments to the new abortion legislation.

There are 180 proposed amendments, ranging from the issue of conscientious objection to whether the service would be paid for by the state.

Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone, who chaired the Parliamentary Committee on Abortion, says the suggested amendments have come from those on both the pro-life and pro-choice sides.

But she says that while some amendments would make the legislation clearer and the system safer, many are "deeply offensive to women."

"At the heart of a lot of these amendments is an underlying distrust of women that we've heard over and over again in these debates."

Peadar Tóibín, Independent TD for Meath West, feels particularly strongly about conscientious objection for those in the healthcare profession.

"Once you take the right to life out of the constitution, the issue becomes fluid and mobile."

"The referendum was dressed up in choice, yet we're denying doctors, nurses, health workers, pharmacists the right to choose not to partake in this."

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