Irish Bishops: Lack of Safeguards in Irish Abortion Bill ‘an Affront to Conscience’

The draft bill to legalize abortion in the republic would require pro-life health care professionals to provide abortion referrals.

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DUBLIN — The Irish bishops Friday lamented that the draft bill to legalize abortion in the republic would require pro-life health care professionals to provide abortion referrals, calling the provision “an affront to conscience.”

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