Abortion poll boosts pro-life campaign

ALMOST two-thirds of people would support a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion but allowing medical intervention to save a mother’s life, a poll reveals.

The Pro-Life Campaign, which commissioned the research, said it wasencouraged by the finding that indicated there was strong support for the pro-life position.

The group’s medical adviser Dr Berry Kiely said the current public debate taking place on the welfare and rights of children should also include the welfare of the unborn.