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Ireland's Gay Prime Minister Jubilant After Nation Overturns Abortion Ban
The taoiseach hails Ireland's "quiet revolution" after Ireland overwhelmingly votes to end its ban.
May 26 2018 11:26 AM EST
May 26 2018 11:26 AM EST
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The results are in and Irish voters voted nearly 2-1 on Friday to end the nation's ban on abortion rights for women. The vote was celebrated by openly gay Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar.
"What we've seen is the culmination of a quiet revolution that's been taking place in Ireland over the past 20 years," Varadkar told the BBC of the nation's embrace of secular, liberal values.
Irish voters "trust and respect women to make the right choices and decisions about their own healthcare," Varadkar, a licensed physician and Ireland's former health minister, said.
The Irish parliament now has the green-light to soften the Eighth Amendment, which currently does not allow abortion even in cases of rape, incest, or fetal abnormalities. Varadkar says he hopes to have a new law enacted by the close of 2018.
Varadkar was elected prime minister in June, becoming the first gay man, the youngest person, and the first member of an ethnic minority -- he's part Indian -- to hold that post.
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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.