Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001

This article is about the government bill on abortion. For the Sinn Féin bill on neutrality, see List of failed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland.

Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001
6 March 2002 (2002-03-06)
To tighten the constitutional ban on abortion
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 618,485 49.58%
No 629,041 50.42%
Valid votes 1,247,526 99.47%
Invalid or blank votes 6,649 0.53%
Total votes 1,254,175 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 2,923,918 42.89%

The Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill 2001 (bill no. 48 of 2001) was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Ireland to tighten the constitutional ban on abortion. It would have removed the threat of suicide as a grounds for legal abortion in the state, as well as introducing new penalties for anyone performing an abortion, by giving constitutional status to legislation proposed to be enacted after the amendment.[1] It was narrowly rejected in a referendum held on 6 March 2002, with 50.4% against.

  1. ^ "Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001". Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2009.