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'Full Frontal' Producer Describes What It Was Like to Witness Ireland's Historic Abortion Referendum Firsthand

When producer and correspondent Allana Harkin pitched her latest segment idea to the team at Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, she says eyebrows were raised. “Everyone’s looking at me like, ‘Allana, where’s the fun part,’” Harkin told Glamour. The pitch? To cover Ireland’s historic abortion referendum. “All I did was throw up my hands, like,…

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Twitter Reacts to Ireland's Historic Abortion Vote

On Friday, voters in Ireland took to the polling stations to cast their ballots on whether the country should repeal the eighth amendment of its constitution, which effectively bans abortions. Results for the referendum started coming in on Saturday—by the afternoon, the final vote was at 66.4 percent for the repeal and 33.6 percent against—and…

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