{"id":464,"date":"2018-03-27T13:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T12:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/tanaiste-must-rethink-his-unconstitutional-call-for-a-super-lock-on-future-abortion-legislation\/"},"modified":"2018-03-27T13:03:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T12:03:53","slug":"tanaiste-must-rethink-his-unconstitutional-call-for-a-super-lock-on-future-abortion-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/tanaiste-must-rethink-his-unconstitutional-call-for-a-super-lock-on-future-abortion-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1naiste must rethink his unconstitutional call for a super lock on future abortion legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have called on the T\u00e1naiste to rethink his proposal for a two-thirds majority lock in any law that would follow a repeal of the Eighth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said today:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI very much welcome the fact that Mr Coveney has reconsidered his position on the abortion issue in recent weeks and is now supporting the main recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment. However, his proposal for a super majority lock on future legislation in this area is ill-thought out and would certainly be unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we were to take the proposal to a logical conclusion, it would actually require an additional amendment to the Constitution to deliver it. The T\u00e1naiste needs to seriously rethink his position on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>28 March 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have called on the T\u00e1naiste to rethink his proposal for a two-thirds majority lock in any law that would follow a repeal of the Eighth Amendment. 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