From the run up to the 1983 Abortion Referendum a leaflet from the The Anti Amendment Campaign outlining their reasons for opposing the holding of a Referendum. It has the founding statement of the Campaign as well as a list of public figures and groups that backed the campaign.
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1982 Leaflet from The Anti Amendment Campaign May 7, 2018
From 1983 “Wexford Doctors & Lawyers will Vote ‘No’!” Leaflet from the Wexford Anti Amendment Campaign May 6, 2018
From the 1983 Abortion Referendum a “Wexford Doctors & Lawyers will Vote ‘No’!” Leaflet from the Wexford Anti Amendment Campaign .
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From 1983 “Why Doctors Are Worried About This Amendment” leaflet from Pro Life Anti Amendment Doctors May 3, 2018
From the 1983 Abortion Referendum campaign. A “Why Doctors Are Worried About This Amendment” leaflet from a group “Pro Life Anti Amendment Doctors”.
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Sticker and Badge from the 1983 Abortion Referendum May 2, 2018
From the 1983 Abortion Referendum a sticker from the Yes side and a Badge from the No side.
From 1983 “This Amendment Could Kill Women” leaflet from the Anti Amendment Campaign #repealthe8th January 15, 2017
From 1983 Abortion Referendum,a leaflet from the Anti Amendment Campaign warning that “This Amendment Could Kill Women”. A lot of the contents are prophetic.
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Three ‘Vote No’ posters from the 1983 Abortion Referendum August 17, 2014
From the 1983 Abortion Referendum Campaign, three ‘Vote No’ Posters . “Raped Pregnant No Choice?” , “Catholic State or Irish Nation” and “Men Can’t Get Pregnant, Let Women Decide”.
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From 1982 an ad for a Pro Life Amendment Campaign Fashion Show in Tralee June 22, 2013
From November 1982 an ad for a Pro Life Amendment Campaign Fashion Show in Tralee. The Fashion show was held six days after the November 1982 General Election and would have been part of The Pro life Amendment Campaigns efforts to have a Referendum on Abortion. The pressure from the campaign led to an Abortion Referendum less than a year later.
The Rosaleen O’Connell of Valentia island is mostlikely the wife of Kerry football legend Mick O’Connell, who was himself a former Councillor.
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From the 1983 Referendum “Can Abortion Ever Save The Mother’s Life? ….No” November 15, 2012
From the 1983 Abortion Referendum Campaign a Leaflet “Can Abortion Ever Save The Mother’s Life? ….No”
“You Will Never Get This Chance Again…” – “Vote Yes for Life” 1983 Abortion referendum December 16, 2010
From the 1983 Abortion Referendum some ads for a Yes Vote. The main Slogan being “You Will Never Get This Chance Again…” .
Little did they know…..
The referendum was Passed.
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