A woman holds stickers as Ireland holds a referendum on liberalising abortion laws, in Dublin, Ireland on May 25, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reutersmore-inIreland’s pro-life "Save The 8th" campaign has conceded defeat in the country’s historic abortion referendum after exit polls reported a landslide win for those advocating liberalisation. The Save the Eighth group said: "What Irish voters did yesterday [Friday] is a tragedy of historic proportions... Another by the Irish Times, 68 per cent voted in favour of ditching the prohibition. If the final turnout surpasses 60.52 per cent, it will be higher than Ireland’s referendum on same-sex marriage, which passed in 2015.

Source: The Hindu May 26, 2018 03:07 UTC