Irish Voters Overwhelmingly Repeal Abortion Ban

Associated Press, Time
Sat, 05/26/2018 - 10:33am

(DUBLIN) — Final results from a referendum show that Irish voters have overwhelmingly supported repealing their country’s constitutional ban on abortions and having parliament enact laws that reflect the popular vote. Elections officials said Saturday more than 1.4 million voters favored repealing the ban while roughly 724,000 wanted to keep it in place.

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