It was snowing on 27 February 2018, when most of the contributors to this themed issue and others met at the Long Room Hub in Trinity College Dublin to discuss spatiality and abortion law reform in Ireland. The 8th Amendment (‘the 8th’) was still part of the Irish Constitution. Some contributors were cautious, wary of predicting success in the forthcoming referendum, nervous of the fight to come. Others were more confident; change would come, the 8th would be removed from the Constitution, a new and better law would replace it although, of course, law alone would never be enough. Over the course of the day, scholars, activists, artists, politicians and policymakers discussed what was possible, likely, desirable.

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爱尔兰的堕胎：主题问题简介

2018 年 2 月 27 日正在下雪，当时这个主题问题的大多数贡献者和其他人在都柏林三一学院的 Long Room Hub 会面，讨论爱尔兰的空间性和堕胎法改革。第 8 条修正案（“第 8 条”）仍然是爱尔兰宪法的一部分。一些贡献者持谨慎态度，对预测即将到来的公投成功持谨慎态度，对即将到来的斗争感到紧张。其他人则更有信心；变化将会到来，第八条将从宪法中删除，新的更好的法律将取而代之，当然，仅靠法律是不够的。在一天的时间里，学者、活动家、艺术家、政治家和政策制定者讨论了什么是可能的、可能的、可取的。