‘No need to delay’ abortion legislation

The Government has been called on to proceed with legislation to enact the Eighth Amendment referendum result after Fianna Fáil received independent legal advice which it says contradicts concerns about court challenges.

Fianna Fáil health spokesman Stephen Donnelly told the Irish Examiner that his party’s legal advice contradicts the instruction from the Government’s attorney general that the new laws must await the court outcome.

“We have taken legal advice that says there is no legal impediment to the Oireachtas progressing legislation in an instance where there is a legal challenge to the a referendum,” said Mr Donnelly.