Results: Ireland Votes To Repeal Archaic and Restrictive Abortion Ban

In a historic vote, Ireland, one of the countries with the most restrictive ban on abortion votes 66% in favour of repealing that ban. The vote marks a strike against "generations of conservative patriarchy" and the Roman Catholic Church. The Prime Minister of Ireland was quoted, ""The people have spoken and the people have said: We want a modern constitution for a modern country, and that we trust women and that we respect them to make the right decisions and the right choices about their own health care.". The vote Friday was to repeal the Eighth Amendment of Ireland's Constitution, which is a measure established in the early '80s and banned abortion under almost all circumstances. Under the Eighth Amendment's reign, countless Irish women were forced to leave the country or buy illegal pregnancy-ending drugs online. Women risked a 14-year jail sentence for breaking the terms set by the ban. Doctors will now be able to provide abortions in Ireland, though they'll still be able to "conscientiously object to termination" at their clinics if they choose. Do you applaud this vote?