Editing Garret FitzGerald (section)

=== Constitutional reform ===
As Taoiseach for a second time, FitzGerald advocated a liberalisation of Irish society to create what he called the non-sectarian nation of "[[Wolfe Tone|Tone]] and [[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Davis]]". The [[Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|Eighth Amendment of the Constitution]], which "[acknowledged] the right to life of the unborn", was approved in a referendum against the recommendation of FitzGerald.<ref name=Ref_results>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/130420/f956fce2-ac22-465a-b6c0-7f4289be27f8.pdf#page=46|title=Referendum Results|page=37|work=[[Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government]]|accessdate=2 February 2024|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122160624/https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/130420/f956fce2-ac22-465a-b6c0-7f4289be27f8.pdf#page=37|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986|proposal to allow divorce]] was defeated in a 1986 referendum; however, the [[Contraception in the Republic of Ireland|law on contraception]] was liberalised under the [[Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985]].<ref name="Independent-Obit" />