Cabinet discussed possible changes to abortion law
Published: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
CABINET HAS discussed the ossibility of amending Ireland's abortion laws, according to inister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch.
Ms Lynch yesterday launched a new report which called for the immediate enactment of legislation "to clarify the circumstances under which an abortion may be lawful". The Your Rights. Right Now report, produced by a coalition of 18 non-governmental organisations and trade unions, said the Government should address the recommendations of the European Court of Human Rights in 2010 and the Constitutional Review Group in 1996.