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# eight amendment to the constitution

This year

2023

# factcheck

Debunked: Are a Senator’s maps showing potential Safe Access Zones around hospitals accurate?

A bill aims to outlaw anti-abortion campaigning within 100 metres of some healthcare centres.

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Jul 24th 2023, 7:00 PM

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Voices

'Abortion is leading us to a 'Down's Syndrome-free' world. I can barely type the words'

The Eighth Amendment protected my son, and he was deserving of that protection, writes Anne Trainer.

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Feb 4th 2017, 8:30 AM

# Abortion

1982: Irish Council of Churches opposed anti-abortion amendment

The group said the change to the constitution was legally unnecessary and socially unfair – as it placed the views of the Roman Catholic church above those of other denominations in Ireland.

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Dec 28th 2012, 7:05 AM