Tánaiste Micheál Martin told the Dáil Thursday that he’s “very open” to giving “very serious consideration” to the recommendations contained in abortion law review.
These include totally decriminalising abortion, watering down conscience rights, and, scrapping the three-day wait before an abortion.

He did however add the following caution: “We can’t dismiss the fact that we put certain arguments before the people at a given time, not so long ago, and people voted on the basis of those arguments.”

“That said, the review was also contained within the [Termination of Pregnancy] Act,” he added. “We’ve had the review now and we will act on the review and Government will give that active consideration.”