Labour delegates call for eighth amendment to be repealed

Labour delegates call for eighth amendment to be repealed

This weekend at the Labour Party Conference in Killarney, Co. Kerry members voted unanimously in favour of the motion to Repeal the 8th Amendment. 

Coverage from the media; Video and Article from the Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/labour-delegates-call-for-eighth-amendment-to-be-repealed-1.2121598

'Ms Bacik said that for 32 years, “that amendment has blighted countless lives’’, adding 150,000 women had to travel for abortion during that time.

“There are also many others for whom untold suffering and trauma has been caused,’’ she said.

Ms Bacik said it was not a radical motion, building on existing Labour policy and putting substance on it. Public opinion was ahead of politicians on the issue, she added.'

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