Varadker rules out referendum on abortion during current Dáil

The Minister for Health says he wants Fine Gael to campaign for further abortion rights in the next election.

But Leo Varadkar has ruled out any further laws or referendums on abortion in the lifetime of the current Dáil.

He's rejecting a bill from Clare Daly, to allow abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, because he says it's in breach of the constitution.

But he says that constitution should be changed – and he wants Fine Gael to deal with it in the next government.