Plans would end in more liberal abortion regime than England; 'I cannot live with current laws' - Harris

Latest:The proposals on abortion announced today by the Government are more extreme than England’s abortion laws where one in every five pregnancies now end in abortion, the legal consultant to the Pro Life Campaign has said.

Update 4.45pm: The proposals on abortion announced today by the Government are more extreme than England’s abortion laws where one in every five pregnancies now end in abortion, the legal consultant to the Pro Life Campaign has said.

Caroline Simons has suggested that if the Eighth Amendment were repealed, Ireland would go from being a country that protected and respected unborn human life to one of the most extreme and unjust abortion regimes anywhere in the world.