Referendum on Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1982

Polling at the referendum took place on Wednesday, 7 September 1983. The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in the official polling card circulated to each elector: "THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 1982, proposes to add the subsection here following to Article 40.3 of the Constitution. 3° The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right."