Anti-amendment Dún Laoghaire bucked the national trend in '83. We went to talk to locals this week
The ’83 debate was bitter and divisive. Those who lived through it say there’s a more informed debate on the doorsteps today.
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The ’83 debate was bitter and divisive. Those who lived through it say there’s a more informed debate on the doorsteps today.
More than 170,000 females have travelled to another country for a termination since 1980.
Will taxpayers cover the cost of abortion under the public system?
Peter Feeney called for stricter regulation on social media at a conference in Dublin this week.
The Save the 8th campaign says it will not decline invitations.
Some 27,000 students have registered in recent months.
Things need to change in Ireland though; I don’t want any other people to have to go through what we did.
The Irish Centre for Bioethical Reform conducted the displays outside the hospital today.
The use of abortion pills and pregnancy as a result of rape impacted the decision.
It depends on a number of factors, including how far along the pregnancy is.
Facebook users were targeted over the weekend with advertisements directing them to a website which has since disappeared.
LoveBoth has sought to clarify that this poster is not part of its campaign, nor was the use of the organisation’s logo or name authorised.
Her name and face are known the country over. She left a mark on Ireland, its medical care and its laws.
New billboards launched this week have raised questions about access to terminations after 12 weeks if the Eighth Amendment is repealed.
The vote is four weeks away.
Some of the most senior government ministers were out canvassing for a Yes vote in the Eighth Referendum at Stephen’s Green today.
The Sinn Féin leader said party members that vote against party policy in the Dáil will face consequences.
The event was held by a group called Cherish All the Children Equally.
The nation will cast its votes in the referendum on the Eighth Amendment at the end of May.
Things are getting tense in the build-up to the referendum on the Eighth Amendment, and many people would rather there were no campaign posters at all.
The booklet will be delivered to 2.2 million homes.
It comes after a group of GAA athletes called for a No vote in the upcoming referendum.
A member of the public sent a video of people removing the Yes posters in Limerick city to Jan O’Sullivan TD.
A referendum will take place on 25 May.
The council said this is a long-standing policy, but it recently contacted councillors to remind them of its existence after a public meeting in Baldoyle.
We joined the trail in Drogheda and Ratoath with Save the 8th and Together for Yes.
Meanwhile, an event organised by Doctors for Life heard the Eighth Amendment hasn’t impinged on how doctors and nurses deliver healthcare.
The referendum will take place on 25 May.
The mural will be painted over at 11am on Monday.
One in five people, meanwhile, have said that they are not sure how they’re going to vote.
Some people are having trouble finding themselves on the online register.
The Facebook group gives a voice to those directly affected by the 8th Amendment.
People have been having issues finding out if they’re still registered, but it’s unlikely to be because they’ve been de-registered to vote.
The camapign claimed today that proposed legislation is worse than the UK system.
But councils, the Gardaí, and the advertising authority don’t have powers to take down inaccurate or offensive posters.
A number of people on Twitter had suggested the idea in recent days.
“They’d be more nervous telling a doctor they don’t know. Oftentimes, they might say they’re miscarrying.”