Campaigners say issue may be sidelined as Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil discuss formation of minority administrationPro-choice campaigners scare that Ireland’s next government,which is still to be formed after inconclusive elections in February, will rule out a referendum on reforming the country’s strict abortion laws in an attempt to build parliamentary support.[br]With the two largest parties, and Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil,locked in negotiations over the formation of a minority administration in Dublin, there is concern that some rural, and conservative-minded independent MPs will demand that a referendum is excluded from any future programme.
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Source: theguardian.com