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11/02/2015
Abortion Law Changes 'Matter For Next Government'
Any further developments in changing the laws governing abortion in Ireland will be a "matter for the next government", Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.
The Taoiseach was speaking following the defeat of the Fatal Foetal Abnormality Private Members' Bill, brought by Independent TD Clare Daly.
Mr Kenny called the Bill "unconstitutional" and said that he did not want Ireland "convulsed" over abortion "like it was in the 1980s".
"The bill presented to the Dáil was unconstitutional and for that reason the Constitution says that legislators can only vote on issues that are constitutional, this one clearly was not," Mr Kenny said.
(MH/JP)
The Taoiseach was speaking following the defeat of the Fatal Foetal Abnormality Private Members' Bill, brought by Independent TD Clare Daly.
Mr Kenny called the Bill "unconstitutional" and said that he did not want Ireland "convulsed" over abortion "like it was in the 1980s".
"The bill presented to the Dáil was unconstitutional and for that reason the Constitution says that legislators can only vote on issues that are constitutional, this one clearly was not," Mr Kenny said.
(MH/JP)
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