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Abortion in the Republic of Ireland

Messages are left at a memorial in Dublin to Savita Halappanava, who died from an infection after miscarrying her first child at an Irish hospital in 2012, one day after Irish voters took part in a national referendum to liberalize abortion laws on May 25

Ireland votes to repeal abortion restrictions, but there’s still a lot to talk about

Right up until the day of the referendum, pretty much everyone thought Ireland’s vote on abortion this past Friday was going to be close. It wasn’t. Two-thirds of voters said “yes” to repealing the country’s constitutional ban on abortion.

Activists react at the count centre

In a landslide, Irish voters put an end to country’s abortion ban

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