Deep divisions hamper abortion committee

As Judge Mary Laffoy gets ready to present her report on the Citizens’ Assembly, Alison O’Connor says we are in for a tortuous few months before we get to vote on the issue.

Photo: Pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters clash on O’Connell Bridge, Dublin, in April 1992 following the X Case, which led to the November 1992 referendum in which the electorate voted to allow the right to information about abortion and the right to travel for an abortion, and rejected an amendment saying suicide was not grounds for abortion. A new referendum on abortion has been suggested for next year. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

THIS week, Judge Mary Laffoy will deliver her report to the Government on the conclusions of the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of the eighth amendment to the Constitution.