Gilmore: Church has right to lobby on abortion

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore says the Church has “every right” to lobby politicians on abortion — and steadfastly refused to spell out his own party’s position on the issue.

The Labour leader, who in a 2007 interview said he was “pro-choice”, stayed noticeably silent yesterday amid deepening signs of division in the Coalition on the issue.

Asked if Labour was a pro-choice party, he said the Government had set up an expert group due to report next month and a decision would be made when the report was filed.