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- ↑ "List of Advocacy Groups, Interest Groups, other Representative Organisations and Political Parties Submissions to the Citizens' Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution" (PDF). Citizens' Assembly. 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "Abortion Support Network: 'In a perfect world, our phone would never ring'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Pro-choice activists launch abortion initiative in Poland". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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