2018 Irish 8th Amendment (Abortion) Referendum

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Yeah, I doubt it will be as overwhelming as the SSM vote (although I do think there will be a narrow win for YES). In SSM, the No campaign never really managed to actually make a coherent point that could potentially defeat the "why can''t people who love each other marry each other" argument, especially one that could appeal to seculars (which is why they eventually were reduced to complaining about people on Twitter being mean). The "abortion is like eugenics against Down Syndrome kids" argument, as manipulative as it may seem, definitely is more compelling than anything the Iona Institute or whatever came up with, and I don't know if the Yes campaign knows what to do about it.