Dublin student president ‘ousted over abortion views’

Dublin student president ‘ousted over abortion views’

By Ciarán Dunbar, BBC News NI
1 November 2017

The ousted president of University College Dublin (UCD) Students' Union has said she was voted out of her post for holding anti-abortion views.

Students voted to impeach Katie Ascough last week after she stopped information on abortion from being published in a magazine aimed at first year students.

Campaigners said she had repeatedly acted against the union's stance against Ireland's strict abortion laws.

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