Saturday, May 09, 2015

#IRELAND: Health Min. Denies Socialist Legislator's Bid To Repeal Abortion Amendment

[world politics news]


Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has rejected a controversial amendment by Socialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger to delete the eighth amendment from the Constitution by referendum. He says it should be the work of the next Dáil. The bill proposes a referendum to remove the 1983 abortion amendment.

Pictured: Dáil member Ruth Coppinger.

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