[cicero's_son]

Bump.

Are there any Irish Freepers out there who can shed some light on this? Will the plebiscite win? Is it a good idea?

[Jeremy_Bentham]

Some insight on the issue...

15-year-olds in pro-choice poll

Three in four voters want referendum on abortion

From the later article, there is this tidbit: Almost three out of five -- 58 per cent -- said they would support a referendum outlawing abortion but allowing medical intervention to save a mother's life. One in six -- 16 per cent -- said they would not support such a referendum, while 26 per cent didn't know or had no opinion.

It should also be noted that support for outlawing abortion has risen.

Also for anyone interested. Information about the Progressive Democrat Party, which is the party currently in power, can be found here: ProgressiveDemocrats.ie

[Cian]

Irish Freeper here. The constitutional ammendment proposes to protect the life of the unborn from the moment the embryo is implanted into the womb. There are basically two types of opponents to the ammendment. 1) Those who think it's too conservative - an argument that's easy to understand even if you don't agree with it. And 2) Those who think it is too liberal. The life of the unborn is not protected between the time of conception and implantation into the womb. This basically means women can still use the 'Morning After' Pill.

For many conservatives this ammendment is a hard pill to swallow because it would dilute the view that life commences at conception and ends at death. However, Ireland is becoming increasingly 'liberal' and we might just have to be practical about it and accept that this is the best we're going to get.

Hard to say whether or not the ammendment will pass. I haven't seen any polls on how we intend to vote on the referendum. (Too busy reading FreeRepublic - May I recommend Mark Steyn to you all).