Yesterday afternoon during the first day of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children hearings on the government’s intention to legislation for the X case I received an email. It was the monthly newsletter from the Abortion Support Network, a volunteer run charity based in the UK which provides accommodation, financial assistance and confidential, non-judgemental […]
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Rónán Mullen wrote this evening to his supporters about the last few days and the accusations that have been made online and in ‘mainstream’ media. His mailbox must have been jumping. I thought you might like to see the spin. Some of it will be deeply hurtful to the parents who have come forward in […]
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This weekend the Abortion Support Network are running an online fundraising campaign which aims to recruit one off and regular contributors who will make monthly donations to support their work. The network is an all volunteer group in the UK that supports women travelling from Ireland (north and south) for abortions. They provide both practical […]
150,000 women have left Ireland to access an abortion since 1980. More facts on Ireland and Abortion in this animation from the Irish Family Planning Association released earlier this week.
Last year the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Irish Government must ensure that a woman’s right to abortion in certain circumstances as outlined in the constitution is upheld. The court found “that the authorities failed to comply with their positive obligation to secure to the third applicant [C] effective respect for her private life […]
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