Eighth Amendment must remain in place

Dublin GP and member of Doctors for Life Dr Orla Halpenny teases out the reason why she believes the Eighth Amendment should remain, and why abortion is ‘not a medical issue’ Over the past few months, positions have crystallised around the question of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution and the campaign for its repeal. (‘Abortion is a medical issue’, opinion piece in Irish Medical Times, November 4, 2016). Those politicians and doctors who have declared themselves publicly in favour of repeal view ‘the 8th’ as the single biggest obstacle, not only to selective abortion for unborn children who are…