Ireland – ‘This is not a case of getting votes for me’ – councillor on why he changed his mind on how he’ll vote in the abortion referendum

'This is not a case of getting votes for me' - councillor on why he changed his mind on how he'll vote in the abortion referendum
Dublin City Councillor Paul McAuliffe is now a yes voter

Kathy Armstrong
May 14 2018

AN Irish politician has said that he knows he may lose voters by backing repealing the eight amendment, but he says he can't support our "draconian" abortion laws.

Fianna Fail's Paul McAuliffe has addressed why he thinks we should repeal the eight amendment, months after he said he would be voting no in the historic referendum.

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