Miriam Lord: Yes, Yes, Yes. A resounding, emphatic Yes

Miriam Lord: Yes, Yes, Yes. A resounding, emphatic Yes
Suffocating old certainties, unrepresentative lobby groups and celibate clerics swept aside

May 25, 2018
Miriam Lord

Yes, Yes, Yes. A resounding, emphatic Yes. And what a way to say it – the only way to say it: with conviction and clarity. This massive vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution leaves no doubt. The Irish people have taken ownership of their abortion issue. They have taken it out of the hands of unrepresentative lobby groups and celibate clerics and decided how they want to approach it.

On Friday, with steely assurance, a new generation of all the generations faced down the suffocating old certainties and swept them aside. On Friday, May 25th, 2018, they stood up and were not afraid to be counted. Because those days are gone now.

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