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Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018): Maire Devine: ...or maidens dancing at the crossroads, but when we dared to differ in opinion or make demands, we became whores. Just ask Joanne Hayes. It was in this societal context - the context of the Magdalen laundries, the Tuam babies sites, the forced adoptions and the shame - that the eight amendment came into being, with 66% of the population voting in favour of it. I was not among that 66%. As...

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