The Pro-Life Campaign has attacked the Government for allowing a campaigner against the 8th amendment to lead a key part of the review into the operation of Ireland’s abortion law even though the review is supposed to be even-handed.

Dr Deirdre Duffy, who is based in Manchester Metropolitan University, describes her work as drawing heavily on “abortion activisms, abortion trails, and reproductive justice.” When she appeared before the Citizens’ Assembly before the 2018 abortion referendum, she called for repeal of the pro-life 8th amendment.

The Pro Life Campaign described the move by Stephen Donnelly “as final proof that the Minister for Health has no intention of ensuring an objective and even-handed review of the abortion law.”