Supreme Court clears way for abortion law
Government ‘on track’ to have legislation through in the next parliamentary session
Fri, Sep 7, 2018
Mary Carolan, Pat Leahy
President Michael D Higgins is expected to sign the abortion referendum bill into law next week, deleting the constitutional ban on abortion and paving the way for the government to introduce legislation allowing for abortion to the Dáil in the coming weeks.
The Supreme Court on Friday decided that there were no grounds to hear an appeal of a decision by the Court of Appeal last month which upheld the High Court’s rejection of a challenge to the abortion referendum result.