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January 10, 2013

AP: Poll: Most of Ireland favors wider abortion access

by Shawn Pogatchnik
The Associated Press

DUBLIN (AP) — Most people in Ireland want lawmakers to give women wider access to abortion, a poll revealed Thursday as senior clerics testified before a parliamentary committee investigating Ireland's ban on the practice.

Prime Minister Enda Kenny's government has pledged to legalize abortion for women whose lives are deemed in danger from a pregnancy, including those who threaten to commit suicide if denied an abortion.

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