Saturday, May 26, 2018

World Alert: Ireland votes to overturn its abortion ban, 'the culmination of a quiet revolution,' prime minister says

The early count of votes on Saturday mirrored the results of two respected exit polls that suggested a decisive win for the campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish constitution. The 1983 amendment enshrined an "equal right to life" for mothers and "the unborn" and outlawed almost all abortions — even in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormality or risk to maternal health.
 
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World Alert May 26, 8:46 AM
 
 
Ireland votes to overturn its abortion ban, 'the culmination of a quiet revolution,' prime minister says

The early count of votes on Saturday mirrored the results of two respected exit polls that suggested a decisive win for the campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish constitution. The 1983 amendment enshrined an "equal right to life" for mothers and "the unborn" and outlawed almost all abortions — even in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormality or risk to maternal health.

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