Frances Fitzgerald tells UN a Citizens’ Assembly will consider the Eighth Amendment on abortion

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has told a United Nations review that a Citizens’ Assembly will consider the Eighth Amendment on abortion as part of its remit.

The minister for justice was speaking in Geneva as part of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Ireland — its second such review and the first since 2011.

The issue of abortion in Ireland was raised by delegates of other countries alongside other matters such as Ireland’s response to the migrant crisis, racism, access to education, and homelessness.