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Fri 12 Dec 2010Objectors warned of 'abhorrent consequences' of contraception Bill
CONTRACEPTION BILL:IRELAND WOULD “cease to be one of the last outposts of moral society” on the removal of the contraceptives ban, one of many letters of objection sent to taoiseach Charles Haughey said.
On November 1st, contraceptives became legally available in Ireland for the first time in 45 years but only on prescription from a doctor. These regulations enacted the Family Planning Act 1979, described by Haughey as an “Irish solution to an Irish problem”.
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