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Abortion in Ireland could be legal by October
By EUobserver
Abortion could be legal in Ireland by October following a landslide referendum on Friday (25 May), where a two-thirds majority (66.4%) voted yes to allow abortion on a high turn-out of 64 percent. The Irish government will move quickly to implement the decision, health minister Simon Harris has promised, but the full text of the legislation will not be tabled until the autumn. Meanwhile, abortion remains illegal.