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Close race as polls open in Irish abortion referendum
By EUobserver
Irish voters go the polls on Friday to decide whether to remove the a constitutional ban on abortion, and pave the way for laws legalising abortion up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy. More than 3.2 million people are eligible to vote. Two polls published this week showed small increases in the yes vote, with one putting it at 56 percent and another at 52 percent, but with turnout unpredictable.