Pro-life amendment was 'legal time bomb'

It has emerged the wording of the 1983 pro-life amendment was hastily approved, despite one attorney general labelling it a "legal time bomb".

Pro-life amendment was 'legal time bomb'

It has emerged the wording of the 1983 pro-life amendment was hastily approved, despite one attorney general labelling it a "legal time bomb".

According to newly-released State papers, another AG also raised concerns about the amendment.

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