Ireland’s Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013
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The Guardian: Irish abortion ban case taken to UN Human Rights Committee Henry McDonald Ireland’s continued ban on most abortions has come under attack nationally and internationally, with campaigners calling for a referendum on termination rights, and UN intervention. Last week Amanda Mellet became the first of three women to formally ask the UN to […]
No great leaps in medical technology will ever alter the reality that a certain percentage of pregnancies fail for natural, unavoidable reasons. What can, and what in fact must, change is the care women receive in some corners of the world when such events unfold. Indeed, there are countries where women who learn that their […]
Fighting for Women in Ireland https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_ireland_6.13.13.jpg On Nov 13, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined with the Irish organization Doctors for Choice to stand with three women who were forced to leave the country to terminate pregnancies that had no chance of survival and posed health risks. The Irish Times interviewed one of the women […]
Irish Woman Forced to Travel Abroad for Abortion Brings Case to U.N. (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a case before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Amanda Mellet who, due to Ireland’s restrictive abortion law, was forced to travel to the United Kingdom to obtain safe and legal […]
UN Committee Rules Ireland’s Abortion Laws Violate Human Rights (Updated 03.18.21) In two landmark rulings, the United Nations Human Rights Committee determined that Ireland’s strict ban on abortion subjected women to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. For the first time in response to an individual complaint, the Committee recognized that criminalizing and prohibiting abortion violates international human rights law. The Committee instructed Ireland to prevent future violations by legalizing […]
In August 2013 the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a letter to assist the Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Human Rights Committee in its formulation of issues for Ireland’s coming review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The letter specifically describes violations of women’s rights stemming from Ireland’s restrictive abortion law and […]
Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Participates In Public Hearing Addressing Restrictions on Emergency Contraception at the 149th Period of Sessions of the Commission (PRESS RELEASE) Healthcare professionals, lawyers, policymakers, and reproductive health advocates are gathering today in Washington, D.C. to […]
In 2005, three women challenged the Irish law on abortion after being forced to travel abroad to obtain an abortion. The Irish law currently only allows abortion when a woman’s life is in danger, and this exception is vague and difficult to interpret. The three women, Applicants A, B, and C, argued that the law […]
The Costa Rican government ignored its laws and inflicted brutal suffering on a woman who had every right to a legal abortion. Aurora was on the way to her friend’s house when the bleeding started. She was pregnant. The visit with her friend was supposed to be celebratory, as she planned to announce that she […]