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No abortion referendum before next election - Burton

14JOAN/ABORTION/CLIP/GR The Tánaiste's ruled out any referendum on abortion in the lifetime of this...
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No abortion referendum before next election - Burton

TodayFM
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1:49 PM - 17 Jul 2014



14JOAN/ABORTION/CLIP/GR

The Tánaiste's ruled out any referendum on abortion in the lifetime of this government.

Joan Burton says the programme for government included a promise to legislate for the X Case - but nothing more.

She was responding to comments from a UN committee, which says Ireland's denying human rights to women by denying them an abortion in cases of rape or incest.

Joan Burton says she's personally in favour of a more liberal abortion law - but that this government will not allow one:



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