Pro-life TDs won’t stand in way of legislation

Pro-life Fianna Fáil TDs say they will back any legislation allowing abortion for rape, incest and fatal abnormalities if the referendum is passed in a major concession on the deeply divisive potential post-referendum laws.

Fianna Fáil TDs Mary Butler, Éamon Ó Cuív, and Declan Breathnach confirmed the new position yesterday, despite stressing they remain entirely opposed to Government plans to allow unrestricted abortion access in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Speaking to reporters at a Love Both event outside the Dáil, Ms Butler, Mr Ó Cuív, and Mr Breathnach said they still want people to vote no in today’s referendum.