Saoirse Ronan and fellow Irish actors stand in powerful video to repeal the eight amendment

Saoirse Ronan and fellow Irish actors stand in powerful video to repeal the eight amendment

Denise Curtin
May 7, 2018

Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott and Liam Cunningham are among a list of top Irish actors who are showing their support behind the ‘Together For Yes’ campaign in a brand new video published on the campaign's social media channels this evening.

The powerful and chilling video lists the variety of ways in which women are currently affected by the 8th Amendment in this country and calls for this to change, saying: “For women’s safety, for a just society, for a fairer Ireland”.

Continued: https://www.her.ie/news/saoirse-ronan-fellow-irish-actors-stand-powerful-video-repeal-eight-amendment-402266


Ireland – Abortion is already here, says Dr Boylan

Abortion is already here, says Dr Boylan
Dr Peter Boylan. Photo: Gareth Chaney, Collins

Kevin Doyle
May 7 2018

Abortion is "already here" but needs to be made safe, the chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dr Peter Boylan, has said.

Launching the Together For Yes national campaign in Athlone yesterday, Dr Boylan described the Eighth Amendment as "a failed experiment".

Continued: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/abortion-referendum/abortion-is-already-here-says-dr-boylan-36879917.html