Ireland abortion vote
Northern Ireland rally calls on Britain's May to ease abortion rules
A spokeswoman for May said on Sunday changing the rules should only be undertaken by a government in Northern Ireland.
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May refuses to relax Northern Ireland abortion rules
Voters in Ireland, a once deeply Catholic nation, backed the change by two-to-one, a far higher margin than any opinion poll in the run up to the vote had predicted.
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Ireland quietly comes to terms with dramatic change after abortion vote
Katy Gaffney, a 24-year-old baker who travelled home to Dublin from Berlin to vote, stood silently in front of the makeshift memorial crying.
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Irish anti-abortion campaign concedes it has lost referendum
The main group opposing the liberalisation of Ireland’s abortion law conceded on Saturday that it has lost Friday’s referendum by an overwhelming margin, a spokesperson said.
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Ireland set to end abortion ban in landslide vote - exit polls
An Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI exit poll suggested that voters in the once deeply Catholic nation had backed change by 68% to 32%. An RTE/Behaviour & Attitudes survey put the margin at 69% to 31%.
