Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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447. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the latest Amnesty International poll on abortion rights here, according to which 67% of the population believe that it should be decriminalised (details supplied). [30297/15]

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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448. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the findings of the poll by Amnesty International on abortion rights here, according to which 67% of the population believe that it should be decriminalised (details supplied). [30298/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 and 448 together.

As the Deputy is aware, Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution states that:

The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.

The Government does not intend to propose any amendments to Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution at present.