ENDA: I'M NO TRAITOR; Taoiseach Fights Back at Pro-Life Jibes

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Byline: ALANA FEARON BY news@irishmirror.ie

DEFIANT Enda Kenny hit back at pro-life protesters who branded him "worse than Herod" and accused him of breaking his promise not to legalise abortion.

A total of 25,000 campaigners descended on Dublin at the weekend to call on the Government to abandon plans to legislate on the divisive issue.

Denying claims he is a traitor, the Taoiseach insisted the new legislation will allow babies to be aborted to save mothers' lives only.

Mr Kenny said: "I'm not in the business of liberalising abortion and I'm not in the business of legalising abortion.

"What we have here are rights established by the …