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Damn lies and statistics: How do two polls give such divergent results?

Posted by Eoin O’Malley (21 February, 2013) A poll released today by the Pro-Life Campaign seeks to ‘challenge the notion that there is broad middle ground support for abortion in Ireland.’ This polls claims to show that two-thirds of Irish people want ‘legal protection of the unborn’ and suggests that this means Irish people are…

February 21, 2013 in Constitution, opinion polls, Politics.

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