Labour to vote on allowing abortion after rape

Abortions should be permitted in cases of rape and incest, and in later stages of pregnancy where there is a risk of disabling damage to a woman’s health, an internal Labour Party report recommends.

Provisions in the Constitution on equal rights to life of the mother and the unborn must also be repealed, the Labour Women Commission reports says.

The commission, advised by legal and medical experts, will present its findings to party members at Labour’s national conference in Killarney today.