Just a few months after repealing its law banning the barbaric practice of abortion, Irish Health Minister Simon Harris announced that the procedure would be free of cost as soon as the new law is in place. The new law may take effect as early as January of next year.
On September 18, Ireland’s President Michael Higgins signed the law officially revoking Ireland’s eighth amendment to Ireland’s Bunreacht nah Eireann, its constitution, which made abortion illegal in the country. Irish citizens voted in a May referendum to repeal the eighth amendment. The signing by Higgins clears the way for new legislation, which will not only make abortions legal in Ireland, but free of cost if Harris gets his way. “Yes, it’s my intention that the services will be free,” Harris told reporters after the signing.
Harris, who is drafting the legislation, believes that the new law should make getting an abortion as...
