‘Bill should have dealt with cases of fatal foetal abnormalities’

Andrew Doyle said he would have preferred if the legislation did not include the suicide grounds for abortion, but dealt with cases of fatal foetal abnormalities.

The Wicklow TD asked the James Reilly, the health minister, to clarify the legal position on whether terminations could be constitutional in cases where there is a “diagnoses beyond all doubt” that a foetus is incompatible with life outside the womb.

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