Pro-life campaigners clash over right-to-life guarantee

PRO-LIFE campaigners have clashed over whether the Lisbon Treaty will force Ireland to compromise its ban on abortion.

Des Hanafin, the former senator and honorary president of the pro-life campaign, said there were no implications in the Lisbon Treaty for the right to life enshrined in the Irish Constitution.

Writing yesterday he said the law was clear and the guarantee secured in this area could not be disputed.