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Irelands Abortion Vote Is a Historic Victory. But Its Not a Model for the U.S.

Published: June 1, 2018, 11:35 a.m.

b'Last week, a supermajority of Irish citizens voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the country\\u2019s constitution, which effectively banned almost all abortions. Though polls predicted victory for women\\u2019s rights activists, the outcome still came as a shock to those who were too cautious to hope that the overwhelmingly Catholic country would join the rest of Europe in decriminalizing the procedure.'