Tanaiste Claims Abortion Bill Would Give False Hope

The Tanaiste says a bill to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality would give "false hope" to women.

Frances Fitzgerald says she'd be "very concerned" if TDs voted to pass the bill by Mick Wallace which will be debated tomorrow.

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The Attorney General has told ministers the bill is unconstitutional – but Independent Alliance ministers want the right to support it anyway.

In the Dail the Tánaiste says it would be wrong to approve an unconstitutional bill – especially in such sensitive cases