ElectionsIreland.org Logo Referendums Logo
  Home | News | Boundary | People | Office | Links | Books
 Elections: Town Council | County Council | Dáil | Seanad | President | Europe | Referendum | Westminster

Referendum of 6 March 2002
25th Amendment
Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy

YES
618,485

49.58%

NO
629,041

50.42%

This amendment was REJECTED

Click for Full Results

The Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002

Polling for the referendum took place on Wednesday 6 March 2002.

The Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002 proposes to insert the following section after section 5 of Article 46 of the Constitution:

  1. 1° Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, Article 40 of this Constitution shall be amended as follows:

    The following subsections shall be added to section 3 of the English text:

    4° In particular, the life of the unborn in the womb shall be protected in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy Act, 2002.

    5° The provisions of section 2 of Article 46 and sections 1, 3 and 4 of Article 47 of this Constitution shall apply to any Bill passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas containing a proposal to amend the Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy Act, 2002, as they apply to a Bill containing a proposal or proposals for the amendment of this Constitution and any such Bill shall be signed by the President forthwith upon his being satisfied that the Bill has been duly approved by the people in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of Article 47 of this Constitution and shall be duly promulgated by the President as a law.'.

    2° If a law, containing only the provisions set out in An Dara Sceideal - The Second Schedule to the Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Act, 2001, is enacted by the Oireachtas, this section, other than the amendment of Article 40 of this Constitution effected thereby, shall be omitted from every official text of this Constitution published thereafter, but notwithstanding such omission this section shall continue to have the force of law.

    3° If such a law is not so enacted within 180 days of this section being added to this Constitution, this section shall cease to have effect and shall be omitted from every official text of this Constitution published thereafter.

    4° The provisions of Articles 26 and 27 of this Constitution shall not apply to the Bill for such a law.

The total number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal was 618,485 and the total number recorded against the proposal was 629,478. The proposal was not, therefore, approved by the people.

 
   ©1998-2024 Christopher Took & Seán Donnelly
Your feedback on this web site is welcome
Web site designed and maintained by
www.stormcentre.net
  
Page generated 28-Mar-24 06:07 PM
Twitter button logo IP Address: 172.70.174.110