Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----in the 2002 referendum to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. The proposal to delete sections 58 and 59 of that Act, which this Bill seeks, would require a new referendum. Similarly, the Irish electorate voted "No" in the 2002 referendum, specifying that the life would be protected from implantation-----

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