US groups urge anti-abortion activists to launch ‘alternative to abortion’ centres

Abortion referendum result prominent in US media outlets

Campaigners for the Love Both  during the referendum campaign. File photograph: Barry Cronin/AFP/Getty

Campaigners for the Love Both during the referendum campaign. File photograph: Barry Cronin/AFP/Getty

Anti-abortion groups in the United States have reacted with disappointment at Friday’ referendum result, which saw the country decisively vote to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the constitution.

As one of the few countries in the developed world to outlaw abortion in most cases, Ireland had long been been on the radar of many pro-life groups in the United States, with many prominent anti-abortion activists travelling to Ireland in the weeks running-up to the referendum.

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