Irish abortion referendum will bring out the fanatics
Cahir O'Doherty
January 14, 2018
The 1983 abortion referendum in Ireland was a circus.
I wasn't old enough to vote in the last major abortion referendum in Ireland in 1983, but I remember it well. It would be impossible not to, it was so toxic and shameful.
In particular I remember the atmosphere of undeclared civil war that had erupted by that summer, filling the airwaves with enraged fanatics. Whisper campaigns and innuendo flourished everywhere, insane conspiracy theories were being presented as fact.
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