<P> The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1982 was introduced on 2 November 1982 by Minister for Health Michael Woods . The bill introduced by the Fianna Fáil minority government proposed to add Article 40.3. 3o to the Constitution, with the wording shown above . </P> <P> On 4 November, the Fianna Fáil government led by Charles Haughey as Taoiseach lost a motion of confidence in the Dáil, leading to the November 1982 general election . After the election, a coalition government of Fine Gael and the Labour Party was formed, with Garret FitzGerald as Taoiseach . Minister for Health Barry Desmond declined to reintroduce the amendment; instead, it was Minister for Justice Michael Noonan who on 2 February moved to restore the Eighth Amendment to the Order Paper . </P> <P> Attorney General Peter Sutherland advised that the wording as proposed was dangerously flawed . Speaking against the original wording during the Dáil debate Alan Shatter argued: </P> <P> The irony is that I have no doubt, not merely from the interpretation the Attorney General has given but from the other interpretations that can be validly taken from the amendment, that if it in its present form becomes part of our Constitution it will essentially secure a constitutional judgment in the not too distant future requiring the House to enact legislation to permit women to have abortions . </P>

Where did the wording for the 8th amendment come from