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#OnThisDay 25th May 2018, the referendum to repeal the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution was passed, removing the barrier to abortion provision in the country.

You can see a number of documents from the campaign in our collection: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/

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#OnThisDay 30th September 2017:

An march was held by the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) in Dublin.

Leaflets from the protest are available on our site as part of our joint project with @electionlit@mastodon.online, Snapshots of Political Action.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/demonstration/6041/

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Other activists who have discussed their involvement in the campaign on the podcast:

• Catherine Stocker, of the Social Democrats: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/catherine-stocker-social-democrats
• Historian and activist, Mary Muldowney: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/mary-muldowney-trade-union-and-left-campaigns-the-socialist-party-and-oral-history
• Aileen O'Carroll, of the Workers Solidarity Movement: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/aileen-o-carroll-workers-solidarity-movement

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If you're interested in the repeal campaign, we have also spoken to pro-choice activists involved on the Irish Left Archive Podcast (@ILAPodcast@podcast.leftarchive.ie).

In episode 10, we spoke to Ber Grogan about the Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) and the referendum: https://podcast.leftarchive.ie/@ILAPodcast/episodes/ber-grogan-abortion-rights-campaign-repeal-and-communities-against-racism

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We also have material from the 2018 Repeal campaign in the archive here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/

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#OnThisDay 25th May 2018, the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish constitution was held. The vote to remove the block on provision of abortion services was passed with 66% voting yes.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/subject/3762/

#IrishPolitics #OTD #Repeal #EighthAmendment #Abortion #Referendum

You can also find an overview of material on abortion, contraception and reproductive rights on our website here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/collection/2041/

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A cartoon highlighting church hypocrisy on abortion.

The cartoon accompanied an article asking readers to vote No in the 1983 eighth amendment referendum, from Women's View.

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