Sinn Féin TDs criticise colleague’s comments on abortion
Peadar Tóibín said more witnesses to committee favoured repealing amendment
Peadar Tóibín holds different views on abortion than many of his Sinn Féin colleagues.
Sinn Féin TDs have distanced themselves from the views of their colleague Peadar Tóibín, who on Sunday criticised the Oireachtas Committee on the eighth amendment for an imbalance in its list of witnesses.
Mr Tóibín, who was suspended from the parliamentary party for six months in 2013 when he voted against the Protection of Life in Pregnancy Bill, holds anti-abortion views and was critical of the number of witnesses favouring repeal of the amendment compared to the numbers of those who favour its retention.