Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesMembers of the public hold yes placards on Fairview road as the country heads to polling stations on May 25, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. Polling stations are open across the Ireland where voters will decide whether or not to abolish the 8th amendment which makes abortions illegal in the country, except for circumstances where the mother's life is at risk.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesMembers of the public hold "no" placards on Fairview road as the country heads to polling stations on May 25, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesSupporters gather at Dublin Castle for the result Irish referendum result on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesSupporters gather at Dublin Castle for the result Irish referendum result on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Paul Faith, AFP/Getty ImagesYes campaigners react as they wait for the official result of the Irish abortion referendum, at Dublin Castle in Dublin on May 26, 2018. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hailed a "quiet revolution" on Saturday as this traditionally Catholic country looked set to liberalise some of Europe's strictest abortion laws in a historic landslide referendum vote.
Barry Cronin, AFP/Getty ImagesFloral tributes are laid at a mural to Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist, who died in 2012 due to the complications of a septic miscarriage at 17 weeks' gestation, in Camden Street, Dublin, Ireland on May 26, 2018, during the Irish referendum on liberalising the abortion law.
Yes cards at the count centre in Dublin's RDS as votes are counted Saturday May 26, 2018, in Dublin, Ireland, for the referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution.
Barry Cronin, AFP/Getty ImagesCount staff empty ballot boxes during vote counting in the Irish abortion referendum, at Ashbourne count centre, Ashbourne County Meath, Ireland on May 26, 2018. Ireland looks set to "make history" by liberalising some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said as votes in the hard-fought referendum were counted on May 26, 2018.
Barry Cronin, AFP/Getty ImagesYes tallies are seen as count staff check ballot papers during vote counting in the Irish abortion referendum, at Ashbourne count centre, Ashbourne County Meath, Ireland on May 26, 2018.
Paul Faith, AFP/Getty ImagesA ballot paper is pictured as votes are counted following the Irish abortion referendum, at the RDS Conference centre in Dublin on May 26, 2018.
Paul Faith, AFP/Getty ImagesA Yes voter wears badges as campaigners wait for the official result of the Irish abortion referendum, at Dublin Castle in Dublin on May 26, 2018.
Charles McQuillan, Getty ImagesThree women comfort one another as they look at the Savita Halappanavar mural as the results in the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws takes place at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. Savita Halappanavar who became the symbol of the Yes campaign to repeal the 8th amendment, died aged 32, due to complications following a septic miscarriage in Galway in 2012.
A campaigner listens to the announcement in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, May 26, 2018, of the final referendum results as Ireland has voted to repeal the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution which prohibits abortions unless a mother's life is in danger.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesObservers look on as the count in the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws takes place at the RDS centre on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Charles McQuillan, Getty ImagesA Yes voter breaks down in tears as the result of the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment, concerning the country's abortion laws, is declared at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. Ireland has voted in favour of overturning the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6%, which is a "resounding" victory for the yes campaign.
Charles McQuillan, Getty ImagesYes voters celebrate as the result of the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws is declared at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Charles McQuillan, Getty ImagesA Yes voter breaks down in tears as the result of the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment, concerning the country's abortion laws is declared at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesSupporters celebrate at Dublin Castle following the result Irish referendum result on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Charles McQuillan, Getty ImagesA Yes voter supporter pictured as the results in the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws takes place at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Charles McQuillan, Getty ImagesA woman breaks down in tears as the results in the Irish referendum on the 8th amendment concerning the country's abortion laws takes place at Dublin Castle on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.
Peter Morrison, The Associated PressA woman from the "Yes" campaign reacts as the results of the votes begin to come in, after the Irish referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution at Dublin Castle, in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday May 26, 2018.
Jeff J Mitchell, Getty ImagesSupporters celebrate at Dublin Castle following the result Irish referendum result on the 8th amendment, concerning the country's abortion laws, on May 26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. Ireland has voted in favour of overturning the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6%, which is a "resounding" victory for the yes campaign.
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Members of the public hold yes placards on Fairview road as the country heads to polling stations on May 25, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. Polling stations are open across the Ireland where voters will decide whether or not to abolish the 8th amendment which makes abortions illegal in the country, except for circumstances where the mother's life is at risk.
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Pictures of Ireland’s landslide rejection of abortion ban in an historic vote that repeals the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution — a 1983 measure that banned abortion under almost all circumstances.




















