Queen's Policy Engagement

Repeal the 8th Referendum Special Podcast from Queen’s LawPod

This episode explores some of the issues around today's referendum in the Republic of Ireland to repeal the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution.

Repeal the 8th Referendum Special Podcast from Queen’s LawPod

Today, the 25thMay 2018, the Republic of Ireland will vote in a referendum on whether or not to Repeal the eighth amendment of the Irish Constitution.

The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 amended the Constitution by inserting a subsection recognising the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn.

This episode explores some of the issues around this referendum, and reflects on the law surrounding access to abortion both North and South of the border.

To listen to the podcast, please click here. 

 

 

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Kevin Fearon is the Business Alliance Manager for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty at Queen's University Belfast and manages the Queen's Policy Engagement initiative.

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