Burgeoning Repeal movement must allow for dissenting voices

Immensely brave women such as Roisín Ingle and Tara Flynn put on the public record the fact of their own abortions. That lifted the lid in a way nothing else could have done, writes Alison O’Connor.

WE have crossed some invisible line when it comes to repealing the 8th amendment to the Constitution and there will be no going back now.

What we don’t know is what lies at the end of that line. What happens after a referendum is held to remove this highly contentious element from our Constitution? There are no guarantees that an abortion referendum will be held, but given the crossing of that aforementioned line, a fact copperfastened by the momentum around the Repeal the 8th marches last Saturday, it is almost impossible to see how a vote can not take place.