Ask me why I’m voting Yes.
For all our friends in crisis.
For all the nurses, midwives and doctors I know who have to carry a copy of the Constitution when caring for my pregnant friends.
For the shade in legislation, not the black and white of the Constitution.
For all the parents who have to make decisions they’d rather not make.
For all the women I know who travelled to another country for their medical care, and never said a word.
For any woman who has ever felt trapped in her own body.
For all the taxi bus and train drivers, ferry workers and pilots who brought our sisters abroad for care they should get at home.
For shame to go away.
For Ireland to face its self.
For the bereaved.
For the anonymous.
For empathy.
For the truth.
For the raped.
For the women who can’t share their stories, who can’t voice their pain.
For anyone who can change their mind when faced with the reality of the 8th.
For my wife and daughters.
For listening to women.
For Savita.
For Ann.
For repeal.