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Thousands Rally Against Bid to Loosen Irish Abortion Laws
March 10, 2018
U.S. News & World Report

By Conor Humphries

DUBLIN (Reuters) - At least 10,000 people rallied in Dublin on Saturday against Irish government plans to ease some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws, with some activists saying opinion polls were failing to fully reflect anti-abortion sentiment.

Voters will be asked as soon as May if they wish to repeal the eighth amendment to Ireland's constitution - inserted in 1983 to enshrine the equal right to life of the mother and her unborn child - and instead enable parliament to set the laws.

Continued: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-03-10/thousands-rally-against-bid-to-loosen-irish-abortion-laws

Ireland’s abortion referendum is finally happening – but the campaign will be ugly
The anti-abortion side has hired a digital campaigns company that previously worked for Donald Trump.

By Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
30 January 2018

This summer, after 35 years, Ireland will finally hold a “yes-no” vote on repealing the eighth amendment to its constitution, which prohibits abortion in almost all circumstances.

That the referendum is happening at all is a huge victory for feminist campaigners, who have spent decades battling cowardice and apathy on the part of government. What’s more, the campaign to repeal will have the support of both Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin – the leaders of Ireland’s infamously conservative major parties – and of the entire cabinet. Even five years ago, this situation would have seemed impossible.

Continued: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2018/01/ireland-s-abortion-referendum-finally-happening-campaign-will-be-ugly