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Wed 01 Jan 2002Student court challenge to abortion referendumTwo students today launched a High Court challenge to the proposed abortion referendum.Trinity College students Ms Joanna Morris, a law student, and Ms Sian Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh, a post graduate politics student, told the court the Government’s proposed mechanism to change the law is unconstitutional.