Irish Catholic Church Backs Abortion Vote
The Roman Catholic hierarchy in Ireland gave its followers permission Thursday to vote in favor of a government referendum amending abortion laws to permit the practice only if the woman’s life was in danger.
The amendment would exclude the threat of suicide as a sufficient reason for obtaining an abortion.
The March 6 referendum seeks to resolve differences between Ireland’s 1983 constitutional ban on all abortions and a 1992 ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that abortion services should be legalized in Ireland for cases involving women whose pregnancies were threatening their lives. It specifically included cases of threatened suicide.
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