Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom were recognised that day. Same-sex marriage continues to be unrecognised in Northern Ireland, following several votes against it and one vote in favour of it by the Northern Ireland Assembly. Same-sex marriages are recognised as civil partnerships. Legislation to allow for the recognition of same-sex marriages in Northern Ireland has been debated in the Northern Ireland Assembly five times since 2012. On four of those occasions, only a minority of assembly members voted in favour of same-sex marriage, though the most recent vote on the issue in November 2015 saw a majority of MLA's vote in favour of same-sex marriage.
Abortion in the Republic of Ireland voted in favour of repealing the Eight Amendment. The national result was: A draft of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 was published by the Department of Health in July 2018. Several polls have been taken on the subject: Abortion in the Republic of Ireland Abortion in Ireland is currently illegal unless it occurs as the result of a medical intervention performed to save the life of the woman. Reform is now underway, after a referendum was passed in 2018, replacing the Eighth Amendment, which had given equal value to the life of the unborn foetus to