Do the Irish really want to repeal the right to live?

GALWAY, IRELAND — In countries with liberal abortion laws, like the U.S., pro-choice advocates argue that a ban on abortion would be disastrous for women. Pro-choicers warn of back-alley abortions, of women burdened with unwanted children, of a dystopian society in which women are little more than vessels, with no say over their lives.

For 35 years, since the 8th Amendment to Ireland’s constitution banned abortion, my country has proved that argument wrong.