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The results are in and the country has voted YES - Here's what happens now

The final results have just been announced, with the Yes side securing the majority vote.

THE RESULTS ARE in and Ireland has voted Yes to Repealing the Eighth Amendment.

Voters turned out in constituencies across the country to vote in the historic referendum on whether or not to remove the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

With all the constituencies counted, final results show that Ireland voted  by 66.4.% to 33.6% to remove the amendment with more than two million votes cast.

The result was a landslide victory for the Yes campaign, with over two to one of voters having cast their ballots in favour of repeal.

But what does this mean? What happens next?

Repeal of the Eighth Amendment

So Ireland has voted to Repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

In effect, the country has voted to introduce the 36th Amendment of the Constitution.

This allows the existing Article 40.3.3 – which contains the Eighth Amendment (right to life of the unborn), 13th Amendment (right to information about seeking a termination), and 14th Amendment (right to travel for a termination) – to be replaced with the line:

Provision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancy.

It’s the referendum returning officer’s job now to draw up a provisional referendum certificate, which states the overall result.

This certificate will then be published in the Irish State Gazette (Iris Oifigiúil).

From this point, anyone who wants to legally challenge this certificate has to do so in the High Court within seven days of it being published.

If no challenges are mounted – or if the legal challenges are overcome, the final referendum certificate is issued and the president will sign the amendment into law.

So will there be legal challenges to the result? 

Due to the divisive nature of the referendum, and passionately held views on both sides – the result could be challenged in court.

However, the victory for the Yes side was so comprehensive it would be unlikely that the courts would consider challenge (but the issuing of the final certificate could still be delayed if a challenge is mounted)

No referendum has ever been successfully legally challenged in the history of the Irish state.

After 2015′s same-sex marriage referendum, legal challenges were brought against the Yes result. The challenges were rejected by the High Court and later the Court of Appeal.

They were then thrown out by the Supreme Court.

After the challenges were rejected in court, the president signed the Marriage Equality Bill into law on 29 August – almost three months after the referendum.

For 2012′s Children’s Referendum – it took over two years for the amendment on children’s rights to be brought into law, due to legal challenges.

From the point of view of prominent No campaigners, Save The 8th’s spokesperson John McGuirk recently told TheJournal.ie that his group would respect the referendum result.

“Respecting the result, however, does not mean waking up one morning and suddenly accepting that the other side were right,” he said.

“It does mean that into the future, I will continue to believe that abortion is wrong, and I believe that the vast majority of people who vote No will continue to believe that.

I’m sure that they will continue to campaign in the appropriate manners politically to affect the abortion law but of course we will accept the upcoming referendum result.

So once the Constitution is officially changed, will abortion automatically be legal?

Once the 36th Amendment comes into effect and the Eighth is Repealed, the laws governing abortion in Ireland will revert to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act (2013).

This means abortion will remain illegal except in extremely limited circumstances – where there is a real risk to the life of the pregnant woman.

The law will remain that way until the government’s proposed legislation passes through the Oireachtas and is made law.

When will the new laws around abortion come into effect? 

Once the Constitution is amended, the Oireachtas will begin debating and progressing the government’s proposed Bill To Regulate Termination of Pregnancy.

The government has committed to publishing its Bill before the summer recess in August, with Leo Varadkar saying he hopes to have the laws enacted by the end of the year.

You can view what those proposed laws say about abortion here.

Speaking today, Varadkar said that he’d have the legislation through “quicker if he could”, and said it will take another six months for the legislation to be enacted.

“My intention is to bring in legislation exactly on the lines of what is in the general scheme,” he said.

If any legal challenges arise, it is unclear if the government will have to hold off on introducing the legislation into the Dáil (they may be able to begin debating the laws, but will not be able to pass it fully through the Oireachtas until the constitutional change is made law).

Once the Bill To Regulate Termination of Pregnancy becomes law, abortion under the terms laid out will be legal in Ireland.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:02 PM

    Mnáwesome

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    May 26th 2018, 11:23 PM

    @Sheila Larkin: Fírsome

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    May 26th 2018, 11:40 PM

    @Free comment ratings: that too :)

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    May 27th 2018, 3:50 AM

    @Free comment ratings: bothered?

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    May 26th 2018, 10:12 PM

    Give Danny Healy Rae , Michael Healy Rae , Mattie and Ronan Mullen medals for showing the country why everyone should vote yes

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    May 26th 2018, 10:14 PM

    @Jimmy jones: I’d rather give them a one way ticket to Belfast and membership of the DUP…

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    May 26th 2018, 10:15 PM

    @Jimmy jones: maybe its time that the bitching stops eh. Everyone has a say. Thats democracy

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    May 26th 2018, 10:51 PM

    @Fracko: the no side list the vote but are still trying to lay down the rules going forward . I think it’s them saying it’s our way

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    May 26th 2018, 10:54 PM

    @Fracko: the no side lost the vote but are still trying to dictate what happens now . I think it’s them that think it has to be our way

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    May 27th 2018, 1:10 AM

    @the Goose: jesus dont hold back

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    May 27th 2018, 2:41 AM

    @Dotty Dunleary: i think it’s a great thing to take abortion out of government hands but the question I have is who will pay for it?tax money or will women pay for it themselves?ireland can’t handle someone going in with a broken arm

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    May 27th 2018, 7:02 AM

    @Ross O Donovan: who pays for it when a woman decides to continue with a pregnancy?

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    May 26th 2018, 10:14 PM

    While the No campaign were absolutely mauled at the ballot box, what was won for the women of Ireland was not that most demeaning of terms ‘abortion on demand’ but abortion being taken out of the shadows, and into the hands of medical professionals

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    May 26th 2018, 10:36 PM

    @The Risen: they don’t seem to understand they lost .

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    May 26th 2018, 10:07 PM

    Well done the yes. Many who voted yes think that it is too liberal a regime. Lets try as a nation to ensure that abortion is only used for those truly in crisis and doesnt become a multiple times used solution late term contraception as it has for some in the uk. Lets learn from the mistakes of other countries who have legalized abortion. 1 in 3 irish people feel this is wrong and are heavy hearted at what is coming :-(

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    May 26th 2018, 10:19 PM

    @Mags Murphy: one in three? And they still gave a landslide YES

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    May 26th 2018, 10:19 PM

    @Mags Murphy: democracy’s a bitch

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    May 26th 2018, 10:22 PM

    @Mags Murphy: 12 weeks and 24 weeks that’s what we have voted for.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:24 PM

    @Gus Sheridan: yes approx 1 in 3 irish people voted no. There are a lot of people sick in their stomachs tonight at what this means. There will be more abortion and abortion will become less stigmatized the more accesible it is. Thats just being realistic….

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    May 26th 2018, 10:25 PM

    @Karen Wellington: it is surely karen. But i can accept it. Be gracious in victory karen. Gloating is not a good look

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    May 26th 2018, 10:29 PM

    @Mags Murphy: 12 weeks unrestricted and 24 weeks with reason that’s what was voted for.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:33 PM

    @Mags Murphy: be gracious in defeat Mags, sulking and trying to qualify the results to suit your beliefs is not a good look.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:35 PM

    @Mags Murphy: abortion already happens

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    May 26th 2018, 10:51 PM

    @Karen Wellington: I voted yes as did many people I know and many of them also thought the proposed legislation was a step to far. I was indeed a no voter due to our government that I wouldn’t trust to cross the road. I changed my mind yesterday morning after speaking with a family member and voted yes as it not my place to tell anyone what they should do. But our legislators need to know that even yes voters do not want abortions for any reason at all up to 12 weeks as its a step to far and they need to re word the proposed legislation, and many of the yes voters intend to lobby the whos’ who in government to do just that.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:53 PM

    @Karen Wellington: lets tit for tat karen a few more times. The winner is the one that gets the most likes! Wondering the more toxic rating the comment will it help my case…mite go for an 8.8 :-)

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    May 26th 2018, 10:53 PM

    @Mags Murphy: Well said Mam

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    May 26th 2018, 10:54 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: no it wasn’t, people voted to repeal the 8th amendment. The legislators not have the power to do want the like with the proposed legislation. you should always educate yourself to what you are voting for.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:54 PM

    @Charliegrl80: *some yes voter have a problem with unrestricted access to abortion up to 12 weeks gestation. Others do not. I guess it’s time to start lobbying the legislators.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:55 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: That is not what was voted for. Niw keave it in the hands of the politicans is what was voted for. Nothing more, nothing less. No time frames, no restrictions, no anything. Now FG & FF nitwitws have the controls.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:56 PM

    @Charliegrl80: glad to hear it charlie. A yes or no tick is hard to hear the will of the people. I would hope a lot of the yes voters will help push for a less extreme regime….

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    May 26th 2018, 10:56 PM

    @Mags Murphy: I got 9.6 for ‘democracy’s a bitch’, so :p

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    May 26th 2018, 11:02 PM

    @Karen Wellington: stupid stupid….gets a 9.7. Im winning :-)

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    May 26th 2018, 11:03 PM

    @Mags Murphy: if u can pull an 9.8 without getting banned i concede lol

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    May 26th 2018, 11:04 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: not true that’s not what was voted for at all..

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    May 26th 2018, 11:29 PM

    @Karen Wellington: it sure is, many of the voter yesterday will travel back to the countries they now live in and many voters yesterday would normally not be a voter in general elections, and indeed the politicians running in the forth coming election very soon will need many of the no voters to give them their seat in the Dail and guess what it may not be the same people in government as it is today. Leo and Simon have women’s death senescence hanging over them don’t forget for the cervical smear scandal and many of the women and men that voted yesterday won’t forget that next time round.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:32 PM

    @Charliegrl80: *edit Sentence”

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    May 26th 2018, 11:36 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: All their was voted on, was that the 8th will be removed from the constitution, the replacement legislation will still have to be decided

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    May 27th 2018, 12:53 AM

    @Morgan Donohoe: 12 weeks _3months and 24weeks 5and a half months is what the yes side voted for , just stop and think what a baby in the womb looks like 3months or at 5and a half months ,

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    May 27th 2018, 8:52 AM

    @Elvis Polkasalad:i’ve stopped and thought about it…then i stopped and thought about what the living,breathing autonomous woman looks like..i also realise that the majority of terminations will be happening before the 10th week…..vote yes..oh wait..we did..my mind is frazzled with the celebrating..1.4/10

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    May 26th 2018, 10:37 PM

    I’m for repealing the eighth, but I find it quite strange that people are celebrating this. It’s needed bit also not something people want to do. It’s pretty bad I any circumstance so.why be happy about it. Social bloody media gone mad again

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    May 26th 2018, 11:00 PM

    @Thefunkphenomena: people are happy that women are now being given rights over their own body. Do you oppose rights for women?

    You need to face facts that the no sides lies and misinformation have failed.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:44 AM

    @Barry Somers: what lies , innocent healthy unborn sons and daughters will die

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    May 27th 2018, 10:02 AM

    @Elvis Polkasalad: you lost, time to leave the building elvis

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    May 27th 2018, 10:04 AM

    @Elvis Polkasalad: mate, I think it’s time you do what you and your kind have forced Irish women to do for years and get the boat!!! Bu-Bye

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    May 26th 2018, 10:27 PM

    Lets hope the Yes side do not get carried away with all their compassion and bring in possibly the most liberal abortion in Europe – even slightly disabled babies may now be more at risk depending on what type of legislation is adapted.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:35 PM

    @GO GREEN: 12 weeks unrestricted and 24 weeks with reason that’s what we have voted for.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:37 PM

    @GO GREEN: **and every woman living in Ireland will rush to abort every single pregnancy because now that it’s an option they won’t be able to help themselves**

    Your alarmist rhetoric is pathetic.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:45 PM

    @Karen Wellington: Thats is what happens in other countries so why should Ireland be any different.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:50 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: Yes but many people fear that is just the start in the years to come a more liberal regime will gradually creep in.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:58 PM

    @GO GREEN: really, you think other countries that have legal abortion have a birth rate of zero? Really?

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    May 26th 2018, 11:03 PM

    @Karen Wellington: Thats not what I said or suggested but something you quoted in a reply.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:04 PM

    @GO GREEN: Do you know where this over the top ridiculous arguments gets you? On the business end of a massive defeat. Get over it.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:08 PM

    @GO GREEN: They can legislate it however they want, that doesn’t mean every single woman has to do it. If you want one, whatever your reason, then whatever, get it done. Your life, your body, your decision. If you don’t want one done then you’re not affected.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:13 PM

    @GO GREEN: Oh please… BORE OFF

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    May 26th 2018, 11:32 PM

    @GO GREEN: my physical disabled son voted yes yesterday and he was proud to do it.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:51 PM

    @GO GREEN: your scaremongering didn’t work before the referendum. It’s simply irrelevant now. Drop it.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:53 PM

    @GO GREEN: Fear. That’s it, fear. No basis in fact. And we voted with logic and reason. Not fear. I’m proud to live in a country that will not be beaten by fear. You can fear what you like but it doesn’t mean it will happen.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:36 AM

    @Keith McDonagh: listen to what your saying, disgusting

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    May 27th 2018, 12:49 AM

    @Elvis Polkasalad: What do you want me to say? That’s all there is to it. What do you think is going to happen? Compulsary abortion for all women once whatever legislation is set up & forced pregnancy just for compulsary abortion? Try taking your own advice.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:56 AM

    @GO GREEN: that is not what happens in other countries. Why do you care if some stranger who you’ll never know or meet has an abortion? It’s none of your business!

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    May 27th 2018, 12:58 AM

    @Elvis Polkasalad: why do you think women are of less value than men?

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    May 27th 2018, 7:39 AM

    @Morgan Donohoe: 24 week isn’t as straight forward as that

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    May 27th 2018, 8:55 AM

    @GO GREEN: “even slightly disabled babies” <- this is the bs that lost ye yer cherished 8th amendment…

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    May 26th 2018, 10:08 PM

    Settled! Take a moment to reflect. 750,000 votes mean something.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:41 PM

    @Bill Liffin: 723,000 so does 1,429,000

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    May 26th 2018, 10:59 PM

    @Bill Liffin: yes, they mean they lost this referendum and they must respect the winning vote and the very fact that the government now have a mandate to legislate what has been shown to the public as what is planned to be implemented.

    The no side kept talking about what’s in the legislation, we know what’s in it. Now we want it implemented.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:12 PM

    @Bill Liffin: yeah it means one third of the votes…. not good enough

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    May 26th 2018, 11:08 PM

    The No side had 35 years to compromise with suicide, fatal foetal abnormalities, mental health issues, etc. Instead blocked any lee-way, but now have the cheek to demand a say. Though. The politicians have published the heads of the bill that 12 weeks unrestricted and 24 weeks with reason. There should be no compromise on that.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:11 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: agree 100%

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    May 26th 2018, 11:12 PM

    @Morgan Donohoe: *tuff

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    May 27th 2018, 8:43 AM

    @Morgan Donohoe: have you watched videos and seen videos of 24 week abortions

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    May 27th 2018, 8:59 AM

    @Damien Mooney:you’ve been spending too much time on the Ben Gilroy page :)

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    May 26th 2018, 11:01 PM

    As an aged ( 60 + voter ) I welcome and respect today’s vote. It is a breath of fresh air to see and welcome Ireland’s young vote come to fruition, not alone on the the topic of abortion, but on several other social issues coming down the line. Trust our young people. We have made them what they are.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:09 PM

    “On the way from the Renaissance to our days we have enriched our experience, but we have lost the concept of a Supreme Complete Entity which used to restrain our passions and our irresponsibility.
    We have placed too much hope in political and social reforms, only to find out that we were being deprived of our most precious possession: our spiritual life’’
    Alexandra Solzhenitsyn.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:03 PM

    @Prince Ozymandias: I have a lot of precious possessions, moral service to the Vatican is not one of them

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    May 26th 2018, 11:38 PM

    @Prince Ozymandias: glad to see that someone is being honest about their religious stance. Complete rubbish of course but at least honest.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:34 AM

    @Chucky Arlaw: supporting the taking of innocent healthy unborn children is one of your morals. shame on you

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    May 27th 2018, 12:43 AM

    @Elvis Polkasalad: give it a rest elvis. Your moral high ground just got whipped out from under you by 66% of the country. You are the one who should feel shame but given the kind of comments I’ve seen you make on here, I doubt you have the mental capacity to do so.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:23 PM

    What happens now is innocent babies get dismembered and left in kidney trays, some still alive, we’ll leave them to die, let’s expedite this because of Tuam or something…

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    May 26th 2018, 10:24 PM

    @Damien Mooney: Grow up

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    May 26th 2018, 10:26 PM

    @happinessnow: hes just being honest!

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    May 26th 2018, 10:31 PM

    @Mags Murphy: isn’t it great nasty people like you can no longer dictate women’s health care in pregnancy

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    May 26th 2018, 10:33 PM

    @Mags Murphy: no he’s not.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:40 PM

    @Damien Mooney: dus you not read and learn anything over the last few weeks ?

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    May 26th 2018, 10:52 PM

    @happinessnow: you are very sad individual. I pity you and similar to you from the bottom of my heart. No wonder Ireland is a laughing stock in many many countries. Individuals like you are having voice where they should be banned. Murder is murder and it will all blow up back into your faces. We NO voters didn’t lose as we didn’t have anything to lose. We were and will advocate for the voiceless ones, the ones you didn’t mind to condemn to death. There is no wrongdoing without consequences-keep this in mind. As they say “karma is a bitch” and will backfire to all who supported and support this massacre. Shame on you soulless, heartless, arrogant individuals!

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    May 26th 2018, 10:52 PM

    @Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: some people don’t want to learn

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    May 26th 2018, 10:56 PM

    @monika: you lot need to get a life and keep out of others lives, suck it up sunshine and do you know what a good dose of karma on the way to you, enjoy

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    May 26th 2018, 11:35 PM

    @Damien Mooney: tuam or something really?

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    May 26th 2018, 11:55 PM

    @Mags Murphy: He’s lying and trying to scare people. Thankfully today we showed that fear will not beat us.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:57 PM

    @monika: That’s why the no vote gained such little support. It was driven by fear and anger. We voted for respect and compassion.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:42 AM

    @Michael Flynn: have you watched the documentary ‘Gosnell’?

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    May 27th 2018, 12:51 AM

    @monika: nice! did you go door to door with that mouth?

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    May 27th 2018, 1:03 AM

    @monika: what did you think you were preventing because it wasn’t abortion – it happens, but it’s in circumstances unsafe for women, and traumatic. Now abortions can take place safely at home and no more of this finger pointing of shame and hatred towards us because ‘oh my god, women have sex!’ And, for people who are not sure, they can get proper medical advise at home – they couldn’t get that before. Stop thinking you did any good, all your no vote said was that abortions can still happen but unsafely. Shame on you!

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    May 26th 2018, 10:52 PM

    I’m overseas. Couldn’t get home for work reasons. Thank you Ireland. Miss you x

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    May 26th 2018, 11:10 PM

    this referendum is a huge triumph for Irish people … not solely Irish women. the men of Ireland should be applauded alongside our women for their support and compassion.

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    Mute Morgan Donohoe
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    May 26th 2018, 10:51 PM

    12 weeks unrestricted and 24 weeks with reason that’s what was voted for. No compromise.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:32 PM

    The no side still lecturing accommodate us dinner what’s right ! If the no side had won the people have spoken move on try again in 35 years .

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    May 26th 2018, 11:20 PM

    #DingDongthe8thIsGone The Irish people overwhelmingly voted YES, knowing what was planned to be introduced 12 weeks woman’s choice 24 weeks limited circumstances. The southern DUPers need to get over it & let Leo & Simon et al get on with what they were elected to do, what they promised to do and were resoundingly told to do by the vast majority of the electorate. They can, if they wish, move if they don’t like the new Ireland they woke up to, just like 100000s of Irish people have had to do in the past, or they can grow a set and remember/realize nobody is going to be forced into terminating if that is what they do not wish to do, no Dr’s are going to have their hands tied when it comes to compassionate care, medically necessary or life saving procedures to a sentient human being.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:47 AM

    @NotMyPresident: Simon and Leo have not got on very well with ‘healthcare’ to date. Would you trust the dep. health/ HSE with further responsibilities?

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    May 27th 2018, 3:35 AM

    @Laura McConnell: A hell of a lot more than ff rcc or the iona institute.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:58 PM

    What is it with us Irish people? The Ref is over with a very clear statement by the people. Now, can we STOP the mud slinging, insults and vile bashing of everything and everybody- people, politicians, church, medics etc etc. Like democracy, everybody is entitled to a viewpoint. Either way, there are realistically never ” winners” in all of this, regardless of one’s viewpoint. Respect please…

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    May 27th 2018, 11:42 AM

    @Margate: shut up.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:14 AM

    Yes has won, ok fine.Why are we celebrating.Think about it.I just dont get it.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:55 AM

    @Peg kilmurray: we are celebrating the life of savita as opposed to brushing her under the carpet, we are celebrating for all Irish women who travelled with little or no help from family or friends who now know they do not need to be ashamed, we are celebrating women not being dictated to by church or state about their bodies and reproductive health care but above all else we are celebrating women having the right to chose. You can try to quell that celebration or try to say that we are celebrating abortion but really we are celebrating women and their full bodily autonomy

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    May 27th 2018, 4:43 AM

    @Dell: well said

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    May 27th 2018, 12:29 AM

    The celebration s are sicking .no winners here at least that’s how it should be .

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    May 27th 2018, 1:07 AM

    @the Goose: you want to control people celebrating now as well. No surprise there

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    May 27th 2018, 1:11 AM

    @Dell: what’s they to celebrate .?

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    May 27th 2018, 6:55 AM

    @the Goose: none of your business… Just like women’s reproductive healthcare.

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    May 27th 2018, 9:00 AM

    @the Goose: the removal of the 8th amendment.wow..

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    May 26th 2018, 11:20 PM

    I really hope NOW – given that our Gov are so so interested and anxious to look after the Women/parents of this country- that they WILL ‘ look after’ and provide for the Mothers and families of the thousands of children in this country who have Physical, Intellectual, Psychological, Emotional, Accidental and all other disabilities/impairments. Lets see…..Lets see the Choices they will face..If i was a parent of such a child I would be putting that ball into our Gov’s court v quickly.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:27 PM

    @Margate: well now, Gov will not have to do much. You have a choice, and it’s up to you.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:41 PM

    @Margate: I am one of those parents you speak about and it’s already in motion and we expect the same equality for our children and we will be demanding that they provide for all the children that are living!

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    May 27th 2018, 12:36 AM

    Children will be never born because of this .and people are celebrating .I’m sickined by it all

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    May 27th 2018, 12:57 AM

    @the Goose: get over yourself. Of course children will be born. Have children stopped being born in other countries? No.

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    May 27th 2018, 1:13 AM

    @Dell: this kills life .

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    May 27th 2018, 7:01 AM

    @the Goose: this saves women’s lives and gives them autonomy. It also keeps the likes of you out of decisions to do with me.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:53 AM

    Do they actually realise what they’re celebrating? Unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks, and up to 24 weeks if two doctors say the mother’s life is at risk. It’s barbaric. This is not ‘pro choice’. What choice does the baby have? I have sons who were born prematurely at 28 weeks. There were babies in the NICU who were born earlier than that- and that’s what they were- babies- not ‘cells’, not ‘foetus’, but babies. How can it be okay to kill these babies? I’m not looking from the view of religion, nor from the view of ‘women’s rights’, purely from the babies. How can anyone have the right to end the life of somebody else, purely because it’s inconvenient for them??

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    May 27th 2018, 1:39 AM

    @Una O’Brien: its a woman’s right over there own body .. simple as that .. why does anyone have a right to tell someone to do or think …. she should be entitled to choose whatever she wants to do

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    May 27th 2018, 8:24 AM

    @rowan hill: it’s not the woman’s right over her own body ! It’s the woman’s right over somebody else’s body – the baby’s body ! The woman will not be dismembering her own body – she will be doing it to someone else!

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    May 27th 2018, 9:22 AM

    @Iwonka Brozynska: It’s the woman’s womb.end of.,

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    May 26th 2018, 10:44 PM

    What are you guys going to do for content now :o

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    May 26th 2018, 11:06 PM

    Perfect, there was the much needed Yes vote, now we need to make sure that the abortion on demand will not be proposed in the main legislation. Whoever feels like God, or whatever higher authority they believe in, needs to get down on the ground and stop playing that higher authority. Life was not given only by a woman, and it sure as hell, should not be taken by her.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:08 PM

    And I hope that Sabbath will finish soon.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:12 PM

    @Krystian Brzezowski: But it’s none of your business anyway.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:19 PM

    @Ian Walsh: and why is that?

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    May 27th 2018, 12:16 AM

    @Krystian Brzezowski: because you also are not God and do not control or have a say in what a woman decides to do with a crisis pregnancy. This country voted with a resounding yes to stop people like you acting God over people like me. What a great country this is.

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    May 27th 2018, 7:07 AM

    @Dell: I am keep telling that I do not have a problem with crisis pregnancies being aborted. Except that your definition of crisis and my are 2 different scenarios it seems. Termination on demand is the only point of this legislation that I am not agreeing with, and never will.

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    May 27th 2018, 1:05 AM

    How can people be celebrating the fact that it’s now acceptable to kill these babies?? Unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks, and up to 24 weeks if two doctors say that the mother is at risk..I have twin sons, born prematurely at 28 weeks. There were babies born earlier than that in the NICU-and that’s what they were- babies- not ‘cells’, not ‘foetus’ – babies. How does anyone have the right to end the life of someone else, purely because it’s inconvenient??

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    May 27th 2018, 7:33 AM

    @Una O’Brien: hope you are putting a good effort into raising them to be decent human beings who don’t think it’s ok to stick their noses in women’s choice to have health care that suits their needs

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    May 26th 2018, 11:47 PM

    My physically disabled son voted yes yesterday and he was proud to do it. He was asked by another student if abortion was legal in Ireland would i have aborted him. He was disgusted with the question. Ireland is changing thankfully.

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    May 26th 2018, 10:44 PM

    What a sick immoral country this is

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    May 26th 2018, 10:48 PM

    @Steve1234: move

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    May 26th 2018, 10:54 PM

    @Steve1234: amen

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    May 26th 2018, 11:14 PM

    @Steve1234: off you go to Saudi Arabia….. more you’re kind of people ….. oppressed

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    May 26th 2018, 11:30 PM

    @AP: Due to the decline in birth rates this abortion will bring in and the subsequent push for increased mass immigration to duply cheap labour, our country will probably resemble there in 40 years so won’t need

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    May 26th 2018, 11:46 PM

    @Steve1234: oh stop with the scaremongering..

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    May 27th 2018, 12:00 AM

    @Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: Where do u think the 1 million extra people by 2040 are going to come from, when the governments trying so hard to reduce the birth rate of Irish people?

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    May 27th 2018, 12:30 AM

    How can these people celebrate the fact that it will be okay to kill these unborn babies?? Unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks, and up to 24 weeks if two doctors think the mother is at risk? I have sons, born prematurely at 28 weeks. There were babies born earlier than that in the NICU- and that’s what they were- babies- not ‘cells’ or ‘foetus’- babies. It’s barbaric what is being proposed. It’s a sad day for Ireland.

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    May 27th 2018, 7:10 PM

    @Una O’Brien: Most are extremely brainwashed by universities and the media

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    May 27th 2018, 1:54 AM

    Logic and common sense compassion has won the day. Let’s move on whilst keeping a keen eye on the legislation to ensure that Ireland’s women remain protected and are cared for at home when they, themselves deem it to be required.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:46 AM

    Thank God this is over.

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    May 27th 2018, 1:33 AM

    Lets not get too carried away. As a yes voter I will be expecting the government to ensure we do not under any circumstances end up with a UK model of abortion on demand. Doing so would make us a bloody laughing stock to the no voters. Cop on lads and lassies, The laws need to be inclusive to all citizens. Gov track record is not exactly stellar at the moment.

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    May 27th 2018, 12:49 AM

    FFS, 33.6×2= 67.2.
    Not two to one, certainly not more than two to one. Fantastic result but sort your journalism out

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    May 26th 2018, 11:52 PM

    @Krystian Brezy: What are you on about???? Obviously you did NOT get my point. Maybe refrain from commenting if you dont understand- or, inform yourself. Because that is SO insulting to the Mothers of the children i talked about.

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    May 26th 2018, 11:26 PM

    #tiresome

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    May 27th 2018, 1:34 AM

    This is terrible reporting.
    1. It was just under 2 to 1 not over it.
    2. And this is most important. The law won’t revert to the PLDPA- that is the already The constitution binds the law. It is not the law.

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