‘What a time to live in Ireland’: this is what I have often thought in the past months as the ‘abortion referendum’ approached. On 25 May 2018, Irish voters were called to cast their yes or no vote to the proposal of repealing the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment equated the life of the foetus to the life of the pregnant person, de facto criminalising abortion. A vast majority voted in favour of removing the amendment, decriminalising abortion and opening up the possibility for Parliament to legislate on the matter.

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爱尔兰堕胎公投后的种族、身份和国家

“在爱尔兰生活真是太棒了”：这是我在过去几个月里随着“堕胎公投”临近而经常想到的。2018 年 5 月 25 日，爱尔兰选民被要求对废除宪法第八修正案的提案投赞成票或反对票。该修正案将胎儿的生命等同于孕妇的生命，事实上将堕胎定为刑事犯罪。绝大多数人投票赞成取消修正案，将堕胎合法化，并为议会就此事立法开辟可能性。