Ms Aylward was 31 weeks' pregnant when she was involved in a car crash in 2024.
A new bill which would change the penalties around dangerous and careless driving has been published.
‘Jax’s Law’ will recognise the death of unborn children in road traffic offences, which has not happened to date.
It's named after Saoirse Aylward’s son Jax, who was stillborn following her involvement in a road crash.
Ms Aylward was 31 weeks' pregnant with her son when she was involved in a car crash in 2024, for which a man was jailed.
Colleen Langan whose aunt Róisín and unborn cousin Catherine were killed in a road traffic collision in 2010, was present beside Ms Aylward.
Ms Aylward says 'she doesn't want other families to go through what she went through'
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