“I’m not sure whether the government are saying that there is no place for Christians within medicine and if that is the case I don’t think that’s a very positive direction for Ireland to take,” says Pentecostal pastor.

Cross-denominational response to the 8th amendment looks at life issue from a specifically Christian perspective.

"All the guys I went to school with are walking away from the Church. We've got to reach out to them, without forgetting older people."