"Battle lines are being drawn" - Debating the 8th with Cora Sherlock and Kate O'Connell

Published: Aug. 3, 2016, 10:35 a.m.

With a constitutional convention on the 8th Amendment coming down the tracks, we invited Cora Sherlock of the Pro Life Campaign and Fine Gael TD Kate O'Connell to The Irish Times to discuss, debate and argue some of the issues, with Sarah Bardon and Hugh Linehan on the sidelines. The debate became heated as it turned to defining foetal abnormality, abortion regret and the experience of women during crisis pregnancies. A taste of things to come in the months and years ahead?