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(30,481 posts) Sat Mar 31, 2018, 09:21 AM Mar 2018

Ireland's historic chance to trust women

In a moment when women globally are reclaiming their voice and power, Ireland faces a historic chance to overturn a law that hurts so many women. On May 25, the Irish people will decide whether to repeal the 8th amendment, which equates the life of a pregnant woman with that of an embryo or fetus and criminalizes abortion except if continuing a pregnancy would result in certain death.

https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/380862-irelands-historic-chance-to-trust-women%3famp