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Irish Abortion Vote

26/05/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Irish Abortion Vote

Polls suggest Ireland has voted to scrap abortion ban

Exit polls for the Irish referendum suggest that voters have opted to scrap the constitutional amendment banning abortion. The official result is expected today. 

Also in the programme: Why Norway killed off FM radio; and a fond look at life in Texas.

(Image: A voter receives a voting slip from a polling clerk at A polling station in Dublin, Ireland on 25th May 2018, during the Irish referendum on liberalising the abortion law. Credit: Barry Cronin/AFP/Getty Images)

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