The Pro-Life Amendment Campaign ( PLAC ) was an anti-abortion advocacy organisation established in Ireland in 1981. It campaigned in favour of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland , which was approved by referendum on 7 September 1983 and signed into law on the 7 October of the same year.
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12-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pro-Life Amendment Campaign The organisation set up several other organisations: They attended a meeting chaired by the leader of the Knights of Saint Columbanus on 21 January 1981. The meeting was called by John O'Reilly, a former Knight of Columbanus who had campaigned against contraception and
16-624: The Irish Family Planning Association in the 1970s. It was officially launched at a press conference chaired by Dr Julia Vaughan (a gynaecologist and former nun) on 27 April 1981. Elected officers of the organisation were: Julia Vaughan (Irish Catholic Doctors' Guild, chairman), Michael Shortall (Catholic Young Men's Society, secretary), Dennis Barror (Irish Responsible Society, treasurer). Shortly after its launch, PLAC delegations met separately with Fianna Fáil 's Charlie Haughey , Fine Gael 's Garret FitzGerald and
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