Date set for Ireland’s abortion referendum

Date set for Ireland’s abortion referendum

by Xavier Symons
24 Feb 2018

Ireland will go to the polls on May 25 to vote on the country’s constitutional ban on abortion, as both pro-life and pro-choice organisations intensify their campaigning.

Earlier this week health minister Simon Harris was given approval to draft a bill that would delete the controversial 8th constitutional amendment, and replace it with a new article enabling the parliament to regulate abortion services in Ireland.

Continued: https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/date-set-for-irelands-abortion-referendum/12609