Pro-lifers insist poll shows strong support for abortion ban

PRO-life campaigners yesterday said a new opinion poll showed strong public support for a continued ban on abortion.

The results of the Millward Browne Lansdowne poll of 950 people found 70% of respondents were in favour of constitutional protection for the unborn.

The full question asked was whether respondents were in favour of constitutional protection for the unborn that prohibits abortion but which allows the existing practice of intervention to save a mother’s life in accordance with Irish medical ethics.