Pro-life campaigners’ court bid to block bill fails

Attempts by pro-life campaigners to block the passing of the abortion legislation were rejected by the High Court which said it had no power to interfere with the legislation currently before the Dáil.

The last-minute court challenge was taken on the grounds that the Government was allegedly over-ruling two previous referenda votes by introducing the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.

However, the High Court threw out the challenge yesterday and refused to grant an injunction stopping the provisions of the abortion legislation passing into law.