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Weekly Comment:
Ireland’s Abortion Referendum Approaches

By Mary Gallagher, Editorial Assistant
May 18, 2018

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Next Friday Ireland will hold a historic public referendum on the legal status of abortion in the country. The vote will determine whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which sets the value of an unborn fetus as equal to the life of its mother and has widely been interpreted by Ireland’s legal system as prohibiting abortion in all cases except those … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Ireland’s Abortion Referendum Approaches

Pro-Choice Campaign Pops Up in London

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2018

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An Irish fashion designer took over a shop window in London’s high-end Selfridges’ department store to protest Ireland’s 8th Amendment, which prohibits abortion, in support of the referendum vote scheduled to take place on May 25 on whether to repeal the amendment. Richard Malone, a County Wexford native known for his eco-conscious designs and who has been written up by the … [Read more...] about Pro-Choice Campaign Pops Up in London