Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded defeat in the vote over two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and of women's roles. Varadkar previously told constituents that the referendum was a chance to do away with 'very old-fashioned, very sexist language about women.
Siobhán Mullally, a law professor and director of the Irish Center for Human Rights at the University of Galway, said that the referendum was a 'missed opportunity' to provide a more-comprehensive definition of caretakers. Mullally said that some disability rights and social justice advocates opposed the measure because it was too restrictive in defining caretakers. 'It was a hugely missed opportunity,' Mullally said.
Clearly we got it wrong,' he said. 'While the old adage is that success has many fathers and failure is an orphan, I think when you lose by this kind of margin, there are a lot of people who got this wrong, and I am certainly one of them.' Opponents of the constitutional amendments argued that the concept of 'durable relationship' was undefined and confusing and that women and mothers were being 'canceled' from the constitution.
The country of 5.3 million opted to end constitutional limits on same-sex marriage in 2015 and abortion in 2018. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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