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This site is a collaboration between @fdelond and @maireadenright and aims to answer your questions about the law in the run-up to the #8thref

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Here on one page are the 10 Qs we are asked most often about #8thref with succinct answers & links for more info: threadreaderapp.com/thread/9… CC: @Savethe8thInfo @Together4yes @SimonHarrisTD @josephamadigan @Lawyers4Choice @senatornoone @KZapponeTD @SenLynnRuane @SineadmKennedy
Thread by @Aboutthe8th: "As we head into the last weekend before , we have identified the ten...

Thread by @Aboutthe8th: "As we head into the last weekend before , we have identified the ten...

Thread by @Aboutthe8th: "As we head into the last weekend before , we have identified the ten questions we are asked most often. Here are theers. [Thread] 1. What are we voting on? Yes: remove 8th...

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One year from #repealthe8th we return for one tweet only to mark this anniversary, to thank everyone who engaged w us and found our work helpful, and to look ahead to better law and implementation and to #freesafelegalandlocal for all pregnant people all across Ireland ✊✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿
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Please Vote. We have finished our work here. If we have helped you at all please let us know by DM/tweet/email. Thank you for all your Qs, from @fdelond and @maireadenright #8thref
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This is what the ballot paper will look like. The 36th Amendment Bill would (i) remove Art 40.3.3 (8th Amendment) & (ii) insert 'Provision may be made by law for regulation of termination of pregnancy'. Tá = repeal/change Níl = retain/no change #8thref @loveboth8 @Together4yes
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Leading Irish lawyers in the UK have endorsed aboutthe8th.com and collaborated with @Lawyers4Choice and @LdnIrishARC to produce mythbusting videos on the effects of a Yes vote. Please share. xitter.cf/Lawyers4Choice/status/…
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The argument that the proposed legislation is virtually identical to the UK legislation persists, but it is not true. The image attached is a chart comparing the grounds & timelines in both. A fuller analysis is here: aboutthe8th.com/2018/04/06/w… #8thref @Savethe8thInfo @Together4yes
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Ben O Floinn's article today in the Irish Times suggests that repeal would have an impact on the law of medical negligence irishtimes.com/opinion/repea…. It would not. We explain. aboutthe8th.com/2018/05/17/w…
Repeal’s constitutional change would carry deep legal implications

Repeal’s constitutional change would carry deep legal implications

Yes vote means neither individuals nor State may be held responsible for deaths of unborn

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The case referenced - Lavinia Doyle and Luca Chussi v. HSE settled. It concerned the interpretation of the Civil Liability Act. There was no judgment, and so we cannot comment on that argument in detail.
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Today on our facebook page we will be comparing current Irish abortion law and the government's proposals using illustrative stories from @InHerIrishShoes facebook.com/aboutthe8th/
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Useful, accessible, accurate piece // Q&A: what happens after abortion vote on Friday? via @IrishTimes irishtimes.com/news/social-a…
Q&A: Your key questions answered from the abortion campaign

Q&A: Your key questions answered from the abortion campaign

If electorate goes Yes, the Oireachtas will pass laws regulating the termination of pregnancy

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You can now find an Irish sign language version of our information booklet, coproduced with @Lawyers4Choice, here m.facebook.com/story.php?sto… Thank you to the Deaf Community Together for Yes for doing this. #Together4Yes #8thref @Together4yes @Savethe8thInfo
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As usual we are not live tweeting #twip but there were debates between @SenatorMcDowell and @RonanMullen and then @AnneRabbitte and @ReginaDo; here is a law-check on law-related claims made. [Thread]
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Deputy Rabbitte argued the hard cases of rape and FFA could be dealt with by legislators if there is a no vote. This is not correct. They can only be dealt with if the 8th is repealed or amended. Either will require a referendum. They cannot be addressed under the current law.
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Doherty used Poland to argue rape grounds w/o a protected period do not work as abortion largely remains inaccessible in practice. True across comparators. European Ct of HR has found the inaccessibility of abortion in practice, in spite of the law, violates ECHR (P & S v Poland)
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