The Dáil has voted down an amendment to the proposed abortion legislation that has been compared to "an Apartheid-era law". The proposal from a group of pro-life TDs called for medical staff to report a variety of information about a woman when she seeks a termination. The data would include ethnicity, marital status and any previous abortions, still-births over 24 weeks, spontaneous miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies and previous terminations. Ms Burton said: "I think the deputies should seriously consider withdrawing this amendment because it is needlessly offensive. The Social Democrats Co-Leader Catherine Murphy said it was not about public health policy, but about making women feel guilty.

Source: Evening echo December 05, 2018 06:56 UTC