Minister Katherine Zappone: Repeal and replace Eighth Amendment with clause

Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has suggested the Eighth Amendment be repealed and replaced in the Constitution with a clause allowing the Oireachtas to regulate abortion.

During further debate in the Dáil on a referendum, a number of TDs said liberal abortion laws elsewhere led to terminations of Down syndrome and disabled babies.

The Government is set to decide the thrust of the abortion referendum question next Monday at a Cabinet meeting, as well as any potential followup legislation.