Movie unveils abortion repeal
Nov 07, 2020
3 minutes
TANYA WATERWORTH tanya.waterworth@inl.co.za
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WHETHER for or against – abortion is a highly emotive issue.
In this year’s European Film Festival, which will be screening 12new films, The 8th is one of two documentaries and it focuses on the grassroots activist campaign to repeal the 1983 Irish 8th amendment, which banned abortion.
In September 2018, the act was repealed by the Irish Prime Minister, Michael Higgins, following a referendum in which the country voted (66.4%) to overturn the ban, allowing for termination of pregnancy within
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