Fianna Fáil minister who campaigned against abortion now says law does not go far enough

"It just didn't happen that there was a lightbulb moment," said Anne Rabbitte. "People have amazed me."

'It's OK to change your opinion and it's OK to let people know,' says Anne Rabbitte, minister of state at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and at the Department of Health. Picture: Moya Nolan

A Fianna Fáil minister who campaigned for a No vote on abortion says her position has changed and she now believes the law does not go far enough in this country.

Anne Rabbitte, who was among a group of Fianna Fáil TDs and senators who posed for a now infamous picture ahead of the 2018 referendum, admits she was out of touch with her electorate who voted overwhelmingly in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment.