Abortion law change set for April Dáil debate

Changes to abortion laws will be debated in the Dáil in April, as independent and small party TDs introduce a motion this week calling for legislation to give effect to the X-case judgment.

Yesterday marked the 20-year anniversary of a High Court ruling preventing a 14-year-old girl from leaving the country to terminate her pregnancy.

The ruling was overturned two weeks later by the Supreme Court, which ruled that when a woman’s life is in danger, including from suicide, she has the right to travel to terminate a pregnancy.