Ireland sets May date for divisive referendum on abortion

Vote on 25 May will offer citizens opportunity to overhaul one of world’s strictest regimes

Ireland will vote in a referendum on 25 May on whether or not to liberalise abortion laws, the government has said, offering voters the first opportunity in 35 years to overhaul one of the world’s strictest regimes.

Abortion has long been a divisive issue in once stridently Catholic Ireland, where a complete ban was lifted in 2013 when terminations were allowed in cases where the mother’s life was in danger.

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