Citizens’ Assembly meets today to discuss the Eighth

The Citizens’ Assembly begins its discussions on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution today.

The Eighth Amendment, which amended Article 40 of the Constitution in 1983, acknowledged “the right to life of the unborn, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother”.

The assembly will be presented with a history of abortion law in Ireland by barrister Eoin Carolan, a run down on current practice by a group of medical experts, and a lecture on ethics by a professor from Oxford University.