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Sam Boland: Repeal had a hidden cost for volunteers

Two years after the successful campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment, Sam Boland recalls the abuse he and others received from those who opposed the law change.

Sam Boland: Repeal had a hidden cost for volunteers — Sandra McAvoy, Kathy D’Arcy, Lorna Bogue, Trish Connolly, Sam Boland, and Donna Rose of Cork Coalition to Repeal the 8th on St Patrick’s St in 2017.

Wed, 27 May, 2020 - 07:00

Sam Boland

Two years after the successful campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment, Sam Boland recalls the abuse he and others received from those who opposed the law change.

On May 26, 2018, pro-choice activists, myself among them, celebrated the result of the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment.

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