We won’t be bullied into repeal of 8th amendment

The speed at which Deputy Jerry Buttimer called for an “abortion forum” to examine Ireland’s law is as predictable as the Government’s ambition to remove protection from the unborn child.

In the summer, a young, immigrant, pregnant woman fled here.

A panel of three ‘experts’ was set up under abortion legislation: it was comprised of two psychiatrists and an obstetrician and certified that the woman was suicidal.