On Saturday 26 May, Iratxe García Pérez (S&D, Spain) a welcomed the landslide victory in favour of abortion in a referendum in Ireland.
"The Irish people have shown compassion with women in crisis in a historic vote to repeal an anti-abortion law that left countless women devastated and some even dead," said the group’s spokesperson for gender equality issues.
On Friday, 66.4% of Irish voters in the referendum called for a scraping of a constitutional measure restricting abortion to...