Ireland: bill defeated

The Journal  |  World
Date posted:  1 Aug 2016
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A Bill which would have allowed for abortions in situations where a child would not live outside the womb was defeated on 7 July in the parliament of the Irish Republic.

The Bill would have allowed two suitably qualified medical professionals (an obstetrician and a perinatologist) to jointly certify in good faith that the foetus in question is suffering from a fatal foetal abnormality.

Two to one

In the Dáil it didn’t receive the votes necessary to pass, losing by a margin of 95–45. It had the support of Sinn Féin, the Green Party, the AAA-PBP, the Social Democrats and some independents, but was opposed by Fine Gael and most Fianna Fáil TDs.

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