Anti-abortion TDs fail in ‘grotesque’ attempt to force burials

Anti-abortion TDs fail in ‘grotesque’ attempt to force burials

Ellen Coyne, Senior Ireland Reporter
November 8 2018

Up to ten anti-abortion TDs have failed in an attempt to make access to terminations more restrictive after their proposals were dismissed as “grotesque” and offensive to women.

A health committee will today finish examining a new bill to allow legal access to abortion for the first time in Ireland. Yesterday, TDs on the committee overwhelmingly voted against measures designed to make terminations harder to access.

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