Katherine Zappone: Straight ‘repeal or not’ question must be put to voters

The Government cannot be allowed to “back-slide” on the historic Oireachtas abortion committee recommendations and must put a straight repeal-or-not question to voters in the planned summer referendum.

Children’s Minister and long-time abortion campaigner Katherine Zappone demanded the action as she separately said she “expects” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to campaign in favour of a repeal vote, regardless of his personal views.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner,the unaligned Independent TD said as both the citizens’ assembly and the Oireachtas abortion committee recommended repealing the Eighth Amendment and replacing it with legislation, this plan must now be acted on.