Abortion Rights Clare Back Attorney General’s Advice On Post-Referendum Constitution

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Abortion Rights Clare insists that while a simple repeal of the Eighth Amendment is preferable, it’s willing to support the recommendations of the Attorney General.

The government last evening published a summary of legal advice it got ahead of the abortion referendum in May.

In it, the AG advised that it would be legally safer to insert a new article into the constitution – IF the Eighth is repealed.

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Séamus Woulfe argues a simple repeal could leave any new laws open to legal challenges – and Éilis Murphy of Abortion Rights Clare says they’ll get behind this.