In Historic Vote Ireland Chooses Women’s Rights

FEATURING SARAH JAFFE – Nearly 70% of Irish voters on Friday chose to repeal their nation’s 8th amendment on abortion. The deeply Catholic nation has seen a cultural shift over several years and despite well-funded campaigns to preserve the Constitution, the pro-choice position prevailed.

The vote does not however mean that abortion is now legal across Ireland. Existing laws banning abortion are still on the books and are expected to be challenged in the coming months and years.

Read Jaffe’s article ‘Ireland Votes to Legalize Abortion. What Comes Next?,’ HERE.

Sarah Jaffe, independent journalist and the co-host of Dissent magazine’s Belabored podcast. She just wrote a piece for Rewire.News about Ireland’s abortion vote.