Call to use no vote as starting point

Pro-life campaigners have claimed solutions to rape and fatal foetal abnormality abortion cases could be found without the need to remove the Eighth Amendment.

The Love Both campaign said it would be willing to use a no vote as a “starting point” towards more liberal abortion laws, despite failing to explain how solutions could be found.

Speaking to reporters at one of the group’s final press conferences before Friday’s referendum, consultant obstetrician Dr Trevor Hayes said the Eighth Amendment must be retained.