Article 3QXJN Anti-abortion activists make final push for Ireland's vote

Anti-abortion activists make final push for Ireland's vote

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Harriet Sherwood in Dublin
from World news | The Guardian on (#3QXJN)

Love Both campaign is chasing down the undecideds before Friday's referendum

They wear bright pink hi-vis jackets and talk passionately about human rights. Many of them are young women; some are students in ripped jeans, others professionals in suits. There's barely a priest in sight.

This is the anti-abortion army out on the streets of Ireland, chasing down every undecided vote in Friday's referendum on abortion. In the final days of the campaign they were going door-to-door, handing out leaflets at train stations and in shopping centres, touring radio and television studios, and bombarding social media with their anti-abortion message.

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