Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Therefore, if you kill your mother or sister, the penalty has to be the same as it is if she had an abortion. That is what the eight amendment says and it even goes further. It says that the State must vindicate that right. That is why the penalty for having an abortion in Ireland has to be equivalent to the penalty of homicide because that is what the eight amendment means.

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