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How will Ireland vote on abortion?

On Friday 25 May 2018 people in the Republic of Ireland will vote on whether they want to make changes to the country's strict abortion laws, upheld in the Eighth Amendment of the Irish constitution.

The polls suggest overall a small lead for relaxing the laws but with younger voters more strongly in favour of change.

成人快手 Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur talks to Caroline Simons, a pro-life campaigner and Sinead Redmond, a campaigner for abortion rights.

He asks whether the result could have echoes of the votes for Brexit and US President Donald Trump where voters defy the views of what is seen as a metropolitan elite.

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