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- Two-thirds of voters approved Ireland's referendum that will allow an abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
- The final figures were 66.4% in favor of the change and 33.6% voting no.
- It is bringing Ireland's abortion laws into harmony with the European Union and most of the rest of the world.
- Its neighbor, Northern Ireland, still has a near-total ban on the procedure.
- The referendum removed the Eighth Amendment, added to Ireland's constitution in 1983 by the urging of the Catholic Church.
- The Amendment gave equal rights to a woman and an unborn child.
- A new abortion law will be in place by the end of the year, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said.
- The proposed legislation will allow abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and up to the 24th week in exceptional circumstances.
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