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This day 48 years ago – 22 May 1971 – members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement travelled from Dublin to Belfast by train to buy contraceptives.
Contraception had been illegal in the Irish state since 1935. It would become legal in 1980, though with some restrictions. https://t.co/4r29TMsFDA
Contraception had been illegal in the Irish state since 1935. It would become legal in 1980, though with some restrictions. https://t.co/4r29TMsFDA