Vote NO protect the lives of Irish women /
The Anti-Amendment Campaign.
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| Summary: | Handbill (printed in black font on both sides of white paper) issued in 1983 by the Anti-Amendment Campaign. Text continues on verso: "The amendment it's not so simple [.] The amendment means - Confusion - what DO the words mean? Division - between medical, legal & religious opinion An End - to certain types of contraceptives presently used by older women & women with health problems Change - in current mdeical practise, which could put women's lives at risk. Important Facts - There has been opposition to this amendment even by eminent clergy within the Catholic Church - Abortion is already a criminal offence & will continue to be, whether the amendment is defeated or passed [.] Vote No to leave things as they are. Anti-Amendment Campaign". A vote for the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland which introduced a constitutional ban on abortion by recognising the right to life of an unborn child was effected by the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act in 1983, [approved by referendum on 7 September 1983] and was signed into law on the 7 October of the same year. |
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| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
The Anti-Amendment Campaign,
[1983].
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. Physical description: 1 sheet (double-sided) ; 21.4 x 15.1 cm.. more |
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EPH B1113 |
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Ephemera |
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