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27th October 2017
07:14am BST

The petition for the impeached began to be circulated after Ascough’s decision to remove information on abortion from the Winging It magazine, which is distributed to new students in UCD. The information removed from the magazine included details on obtaining information safely, how to purchase abortion pills online and price lists for abortion clinics outside of Ireland. Ascough maintains that the cost of the reprinting of the magazine outweighed the potential fines levelled at the school for printing the information, whereas the students calling for her impeachment say that such information has been published for the last 20 years with no such repercussions. Speaking after the final vote was announced, Ascough said (via The Independent): "This is a sad day for me, but it is also a sad day for our university. Universities should be a place of freedom of speech, freedom of thought and freedom of association."FINAL RESULTS: Ag: Total: 410 Yes: 316 No: 93 Health Sci: Yes: 544 No: 399 Eng: Total: 593 Yes: 380 No: 209#UCD #Impeachmentreferendum #UCDObserver
— University Observer (@UCDObserver) October 26, 2017
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