{"id":834,"date":"2018-03-08T08:08:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T13:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=834"},"modified":"2018-03-08T08:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T13:08:02","slug":"government-approves-8th-amendment-referendum-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Government Approves 8th Amendment Referendum Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The government has signed off on the referendum bill to allow a vote on the 8th Amendment.<\/p>\n

Ministers approved the bill in the last hour, and the next stage will require the D\u00e1il and Seanad to give their approval before a date can be fixed for the referendum.<\/p>\n

Ministers have also been considering a policy paper outlining possible legislation if people vote to repeal the 8th Amendment.<\/p>\n

Minister for Health Simon Harris said this will then be published tomorrow before further details are revealed in about three weeks.<\/p>\n

“We will bring forward draft head of a bill at the end of this month or at the very start of April,” he said.<\/p>\n

However, he made the point that legislation to follow but that remains “academic and hypothetical” until the amendment is actually repealed.<\/p>\n

“I hope that as we discuss the detail of what may follow, we don’t lose sight of the importance of repealing the 8th Amendment in the first place,” he said.<\/p>\n

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