I think that Ms. McDonald said it a few minutes ago: we absolutely have to follow up on the commitment made last year in Italy. That is the beginning, it is really the starting point, it is absolutely essential.
We all have to be on the same wavelength. If the government wants to change priorities with regard to international development, health in general and maternal and child health in particular, to the point of refusing a certain type of care to women for religious or ideological reasons, then this has to be debated. We have to see where the discussions will lead us. And you parliamentarians are the ones who will be in a position to change these things. That said, we have to take our current position as a starting point, the one that was adopted last year in Italy.
We also have to consider adding things. A witness mentioned agriculture, nutrition, potable water, etc. At the very least we absolutely have to follow the path that has already been traced. On the issue of maternal health, this should be comparable to the perception of a cancer. Everyone considers cancer to be a serious disease. No one should think that an individual who has cancer is only suffering in fact from a simple pain in the leg.
The definitions already exist. This is really the starting point. We cannot be playing with women's lives in this way. If the government absolutely wants to discuss refusing to allocate public funds to this type of procedure, which is sound, fine, than let's have this debate. In a way, it has nothing to do with our starting point.