Ireland votes on world's strictest termination ban

It has been a long battle over abortion and has been debated again and again. This has also divided political parties.

It was after 2012 incident when a 31-year-old Indian-origin dentist Ms Halappanavar died due to complications in her pregnancy and she was not allowed to terminate a 17-week fetus and then she passed away. She then became the face of an abortion campaign.

Just collected eldest son from Dublin Airport. In 2015 Ireland gave him his right - the right to get married.
On Friday he’ll return the favour and vote to give women the right to make decisions about their own bodies. #Together4Yes #hometovote #soproud

— Noeleen McHugh (@MchughNoeleen) May 23, 2018

Good luck, Ireland. I hope you choose today to vote your women and daughters free and equal to live safe and self-determined lives. #Repealthe8h #YES

— Alison Moyet (@AlisonMoyet) May 25, 2018

I wanted to vote Yes, I really did but after going through it a million times I have to go with my gut and vote No. Ireland is not ready, the support is not there and we do not have a trustworthy government. I am not prepared to remove the 8th and leave it in their hands.......

— Noortje (@xirishcloggyx) May 24, 2018

Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney wrote in an Irish Independent newspaper, "The conversation that has resulted in me going to the ballot box to vote 'Yes' with certainty hasn't been a straightforward one," He also added that he found it difficult. He stumbled but it was after he met extraordinary women and men along the way who changed his perspective.

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