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United Nations: Ireland Must Expand Access To Safe And Legal Abortion Services
United Nations: Ireland Must Expand Access To Safe And Legal Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) A United Nations (U.N.) Committee has ordered Ireland to amend its law and constitution to legalize abortion services for pregnant women facing serious threats to their health, as well as in cases of rape, incest, and fatal fetal impairment. In its […]
Abandoned and Stigmatized: The Impact of the Irish Abortion Law on Women
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Abandoned By a Nation
The Center filed a new case against Ireland to stop its health care system from turning its back on women in desperate need of help. It’s nearly impossible to go through this life and not encounter a serious medical issue. In those moments of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty, we desperately want information: about what has […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Brings Second Case Against Ireland Abortion Laws to United Nations
Center for Reproductive Rights Brings Second Case Against Ireland Abortion Laws to United Nations (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed its second challenge to Ireland’s abortion laws before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The Center filed this case on behalf of Siobhán Whelan, who was forced by Ireland’s harsh restrictions on […]
Irish Woman Tweets Abortion Story
Irish Woman Tweets Abortion Story https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CRR_ireland_tweets.jpg After receiving a number of “nasty” messages from anti-choice activists, a blogger in Ireland got angry, and then decided to raise her voice. According to The Guardian, Janet Ni Shuilleabhain of Dublin, 38, over the course of an hour, mother of two teenagers shared her story on Twitter of […]
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
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 […]
Ending the Shame
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
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 […]