Tánaiste Micheál Martin told the Dáil Thursday that he’s “very open” [1] 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.”