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No. 56 of 2016Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
The proposal would remove the constitutional rule known as the Eighth Amendment by deleting the part of the Constitution that gives equal protection to the life of the mother and the unborn. Its purpose is to clear the way for the Constitution to be changed on abortion, so the issue could then be dealt with by ordinary law rather than fixed in the Constitution. It matters because this would be a major shift in how Ireland regulates pregnancy and abortion.
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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Last updated 12 April 2018
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- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil Defeated
Debates
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Dáil
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] Dáil
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm), 2016: An Chéad Chéim Dáil
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage Dáil
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