Family & Life played a central role in the decisive rejection of the Family and Care referendums, campaigning against proposals supported by the Government, the largest opposition parties, and publicly funded NGOs.

Through nationwide information meetings, webinars, and detailed leaflets, the organisation highlighted concerns raised by legal experts that voters were not being told: that redefining the family around vague “durable relationships” could create major uncertainty in tax, property, custody and inheritance law, weaken the constitutional status of marriage, and allow competing family claims to emerge through the courts; and that deleting Article 41.2 would remove the Constitution’s only recognition of the work of mothers and carers while replacing it with a clause offering no enforceable rights.

These changes would shift power from the Oireachtas to the courts and risk undermining protections for single‑income and care‑dependent households and remove the word 'woman' from our constitution. Despite the political establishment’s unified Yes campaign, the public delivered an overwhelming No vote, which Family & Life viewed as a clear affirmation of constitutional clarity, the family based on marriage, and the dignity of care.